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1. Ceremonial elegance and splendor.
5. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
13. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
17. On or toward the lee.
18. Presence of abnormally large amounts of uric acid in the urine.
19. Not widely known.
20. Lacking excess flesh.
21. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
22. A German city near Leipzig.
24. Russian abstract painter (1878-1935).
26. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
28. Isolated from others.
29. Of or relating to Laos or its people.
31. Genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers.
33. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
36. Being one more than one hundred.
37. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
38. A metal frame or container holding cartridges.
41. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
45. Any loose flowing garment.
46. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
48. Having a mental age of three to seven years.
51. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
53. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
55. A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments).
56. An industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border.
59. A metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter.
61. Capable of being added or added to.
63. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
66. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
67. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
68. Type genus of the Majidae.
70. Shattered or torn up or torn apart violently as by e.g. wind or lightning or explosive.
71. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
73. (Jewish cookery) A loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast.
75. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
78. In the Roman calendar.
80. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
81. Of or relating to the heart.
84. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
86. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
90. A slight indication.
91. Type genus of the Glareolidae.
94. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
95. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
97. Type genus of the Majidae.
99. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
100. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
101. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
102. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
103. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
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1. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
2. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
3. The food served and eaten at one time.
4. (Greek mythology) The wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity.
5. Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting.
6. Capable of being raised to an upright position.
7. Club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron.
8. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
9. A Balkan republic in southeastern Europe.
10. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
11. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
12. The sound made by corvine birds.
13. Antacid (trade name Prilosec) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach.
14. Shrubby plant with aromatic grayish-green leaves used as a cooking herb.
15. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
16. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
23. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
25. A state in the eastern United States.
27. Highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. Found along western Atlantic coast.
34. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
35. Humorously vulgar.
39. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
40. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
42. Haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter.
43. Any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum.
44. After death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body.
47. 10 grams.
49. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
50. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
52. Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922).
54. A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods.
57. Sweetened beverage of lime juice and water.
58. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
60. German bacteriologist who found a `magic bullet' to cure syphilis and was a pioneer in the study of immunology (1854-1915).
62. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
64. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
65. A great raja.
69. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
72. Being one more than one.
74. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
76. A compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms.
77. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
79. A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem.
82. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
83. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
84. An expression of greeting.
85. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
87. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
88. Strike sharply.
89. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
92. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
93. The airforce of Great Britain.
96. A radioactive transuranic element.
98. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
99. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
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