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1. A member of the Dravidian people living in southeastern India.
4. First in order of importance.
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
13. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. A simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines).
18. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
19. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
20. Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.
22. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. Food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again.
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
27. Genus of showy plants of western North America having palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowers.
29. That is to say.
30. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
32. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
33. A state in northwestern North America.
36. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
42. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
44. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. A feeling of intense anger.
51. The cry made by sheep.
52. An unforeseen obstacle.
53. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
54. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
57. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
58. Tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear.
59. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
62. A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees.
66. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. Advance evidence for.
68. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
69. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
70. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
72. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
75. A thrusting blow with a knife.
77. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
80. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
81. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
82. Of or relating the leg from the knee to the foot.
84. Any of several small auks of north Pacific coasts.
88. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
90. Someone whose business is advertising.
92. The beach at a seaside resort.
93. A local computer network for communication between computers.
96. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
98. A primeval personification of air and breath.
99. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
100. A blind god.
101. Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC).
102. Not final or absolute.
103. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
104. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
105. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
106. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
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1. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
2. The brother of your father or mother.
3. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
4. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
5. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
6. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
7. Having a heading or course in a certain direction.
8. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
9. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
10. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
11. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
14. A fit of shivering.
15. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
21. Give pleasure to.
23. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
28. Painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible.
31. How long something has existed.
34. Before noon.
35. The capital of Croatia.
37. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
38. Often cultivated for the decorative foliage.
39. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
40. The father of your father or mother.
41. One of the three Furies.
43. Characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. (zoology) Relating to frogs and toads.
49. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
50. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
55. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
56. Large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail.
60. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
61. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
63. Third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964).
64. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
65. (usually plural) The state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound.
71. A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent.
72. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
73. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
74. A city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco.
75. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
76. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
78. A great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
79. Relating to the Lamaze method of childbirth.
80. Related to or located at the back.
83. Closed with a lace.
85. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
86. Eliminate from the body.
87. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
89. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
91. Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
94. A branch of the Tai languages.
95. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
97. A Spanish title of respect for a gentleman or nobleman.
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