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1. A man who serves as a sailor.
4. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
8. Not reflecting light.
12. The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal).
16. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
18. Largest known toad species.
19. Make editorial changes (in a text).
20. A decorative pin worn by women.
22. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
24. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
25. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
26. A city and port in northern Jutland.
29. Thin layers of rock used for roofing.
30. A small island.
32. A bachelor's degree in science.
33. Any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical.
36. Being here now.
40. A Mid-Atlantic state.
42. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
46. Arctic foxes.
47. Of or relating to the intestines.
49. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
51. A unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter.
52. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978).
53. Sauce for pasta.
56. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
57. Kauri pine.
59. 1 species.
62. Long and light rowing boat.
66. Lose blood from one's body.
67. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
70. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
71. A fraudulent business scheme.
72. A harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog).
74. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
75. Disparaging terms for the common people.
77. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
80. A bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record.
81. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
85. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
86. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
87. The Destroyer.
89. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
90. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
93. A metallic tapping sound.
95. A strong emotion.
96. Advanced in years.
97. The highest level or degree attainable.
98. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
99. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
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1. United States chemist (1839-1903).
2. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel.
3. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
4. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
5. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. The act of drawing or hauling something.
8. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
9. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
10. Ostentatiously lofty in style.
11. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
12. Fly very close to the ground.
13. The content of cognition.
14. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
15. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
21. A part of the city far removed from the center.
23. Find repugnant.
27. How long something has existed.
28. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
31. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
34. A city of central China.
35. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
37. Something transitory.
38. Orient once again, after a disorientation.
39. The exterior curve of an arch.
41. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
43. In operation or operational.
44. (prefix) Half or partial.
45. The month following March and preceding May.
48. Virility drug (trade name Viagra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men.
50. Talk pompously.
54. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
55. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
58. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
60. 16 ounces.
61. Pain in the gums.
63. Rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning.
64. A tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships.
65. A white powder (LiCO3) used in manufacturing glass and ceramics and as a drug.
68. A green transparent form of beryl.
69. Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs.
70. The act of drawing or hauling something.
73. Extremely pleasing.
76. Type genus of the Gavidae.
78. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
79. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
82. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
83. Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage.
84. In bed.
88. (informal) Of the highest quality.
91. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
92. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
94. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles).
95. The act of hopping (jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)).
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