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1. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
4. A Hindu religious teacher.
9. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
13. A master's degree in business.
16. Fiddler crabs.
17. Hilly land.
18. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
19. An associate degree in applied science.
20. German composer.
22. A large fleet.
24. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
25. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
28. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
29. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. A device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position.
32. Not reflecting light.
34. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
38. A grant made by a law court.
42. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
44. A Hindu prince or king in India.
45. A fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle.
46. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
49. A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of Scotland).
50. Grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units.
52. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
53. A kind of person.
57. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
59. (of panes of glass) Fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead.
60. A genus of Platalea.
61. Informal terms for a mother.
62. A very light brown.
64. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
66. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
67. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
68. Largest known toad species.
71. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
72. A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight.
76. (informal) Of the highest quality.
78. Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance.
80. An ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center.
81. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
85. Hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel.
88. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
91. A local computer network for communication between computers.
92. Towards the side away from the wind.
93. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
95. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
96. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
97. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
98. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
99. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
100. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Tall hat.
2. Of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base.
3. A boat with a flat bottom for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals).
4. Any branch of Shinto other than Kokka.
5. Accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment.
6. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
7. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
8. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
9. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
10. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
11. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
12. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
13. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
14. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
15. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
21. A person who backs a politician or a team etc..
23. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
26. Stalk of a moss capsule.
27. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
30. Especially one side of a leaf.
33. Firmly fastened or secured against opening.
35. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
36. The act of expelling or projecting or ejecting.
37. Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites.
39. Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I.
40. A bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt.
41. A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage.
43. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
47. Alcoholic drink from fermented cider (`cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usage for the fermented beverage).
48. Of or at or relating to an anode.
51. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
54. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
55. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
56. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
58. A member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara.
61. A person who enjoys telling or playing jokes.
63. Devoid of brightness or appeal.
64. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
65. The cry made by sheep.
69. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
70. A blind god.
73. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
74. Of the insects in the chrysalis (cocoon) or post larval stage.
75. English monk and scholar (672-735).
76. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
77. A telegram sent abroad.
79. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
80. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
82. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
83. Characteristic of false pride.
84. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
86. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
87. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
89. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
90. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
94. Unknown god.
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