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1. A castrated tomcat.
4. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
13. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
16. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
17. Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes.
18. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
19. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
20. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
21. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
22. A Loloish language.
23. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
24. (Old Testament) A son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel.
26. Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in Eastern spiritual values (1877-1962).
28. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
29. A doctor's degree in optometry.
30. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
32. Any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers.
34. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
37. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
39. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
40. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
43. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
45. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
49. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
51. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
53. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
54. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
55. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
56. A state in midwestern United States.
58. The brightest star in Cygnus.
59. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
62. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy.
63. The month following July and preceding September.
64. The eleventh month of the civil year.
66. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
68. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
70. Express approval of.
76. Someone who believes in rule by an elite group.
78. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
80. Permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
83. Medieval artillery used during sieges.
85. Sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers v 1.
90. United States heavyweight boxing champion (1866-1933).
92. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
93. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops.
94. Type genus of the Nepidae.
96. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
97. 10 grams.
98. Belonging to some prior time.
99. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
100. Witnessed at first hand.
101. The chance to speak.
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1. Drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material.
2. A small island.
3. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
4. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
5. Gone by.
6. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
7. A genus of Indriidae.
8. Cut the head of.
9. By bad luck.
10. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
11. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
12. Covered with beads of liquid.
13. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
14. A Dravidian language spoken by the Gond people in south central India.
15. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
25. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
27. The skin that covers the top of the head.
29. On or toward the lee.
31. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
33. Little known Kamarupan languages.
35. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
36. Advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status.
38. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
44. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
46. Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980).
47. Coextensive with the family Oleaceae.
48. United States filmmaker (born in Canada) noted for slapstick movies (1880-1960).
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. Someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals).
57. Of or relating to or characteristic of Tibet or its people or their language.
60. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
61. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
65. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
69. Possible to sell.
70. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
71. An elderly person.
72. Being precisely fitting and right.
73. Harvest flies.
74. Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers.
75. Not in action or at work.
77. Relating to the Lamaze method of childbirth.
79. Sing softly.
81. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula.
82. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
84. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
86. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
87. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
88. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
89. Being in a tense state.
91. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
95. An informal term for a father.
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