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1. A brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note.
4. Proceed without interruption.
9. The highest level or degree attainable.
13. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. A grouping of a number of similar things.
18. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. The force of workers available.
21. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
23. (comparative of `near') Being the one of two that is less distant in space.
25. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
27. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
28. In bed.
30. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
31. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
32. A loose shirt or tunic.
34. Strong and sharp.
36. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
38. The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves.
42. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
43. The state that precedes vomiting.
46. French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944).
47. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
48. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
49. Young of domestic cattle.
51. The sacred writings of the Christian religion.
52. English essayist (1775-1834).
57. The Destroyer.
58. Cause annoyance in.
59. 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.
60. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
61. Being one more than nine.
62. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
64. Having accumulated or become more intense.
67. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
69. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
71. (especially of plants) Developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light.
72. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
73. A master's degree in library science.
75. Having a pair of equal and opposite charges.
76. Clouding of the natural lens of the eye.
80. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
83. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
85. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
89. A genus of Platalea.
92. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
93. The 4th planet from the sun.
95. Type genus of the Ranidae.
97. A rapid bustling commotion.
98. The top edge of a vessel.
99. Two items of the same kind.
100. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
101. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
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1. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
2. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
3. Bark rich in tannin.
4. Made afraid.
5. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
6. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
7. A Bantu language spoken in Angola.
8. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
9. Jordan's port.
10. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
11. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
12. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
13. God of death.
14. Advanced in years.
15. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
22. East Asian perennial herbs.
24. Small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia.
26. Only the bowfins.
29. The square of a body of any size of type.
33. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
35. The second largest of Jupiter's satellites.
37. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
39. Relating to or resulting from arbitration.
41. An ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers.
44. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
45. Report or maintain.
50. Tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas.
53. A lake in northwestern Russia.
54. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
55. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce).
56. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
63. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
65. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
66. Submerged freshwater perennials.
68. A disease of livestock caused by locoweed poisoning.
69. Made afraid.
70. Designed or carried out according to a plan.
74. The act of scanning.
77. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
78. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
79. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
81. Slightly open.
82. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
84. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
86. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
87. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
88. Little known Kamarupan languages.
90. Serving as an essential component.
91. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
94. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
96. Before noon.
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