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1. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
4. A state of northeastern India.
9. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
13. Any of various units of capacity.
16. Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses.
17. (Babylonian) Any of a group of powerful earth spirits or genii.
18. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. Relating to or consisting of or emphasizing chords.
22. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
24. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
25. Powdery starch from certain sago palms.
26. A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa).
28. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
30. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
31. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
32. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
33. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
37. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
40. One million periods per second.
41. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
42. Wild goose having white adult plumage.
43. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
45. A form of address for a man.
46. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
49. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
51. Small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants.
53. Beat through cleverness and wit.
55. By bad luck.
57. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
58. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
59. Of or relating to or characteristic of Finland or the people of Finland.
60. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
61. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Lodine).
64. Having the slant of a bevel.
65. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
66. (of groups of people) Tending to travel and change settlements frequently.
70. A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers.
71. A weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
73. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
74. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
75. (informal) Of the highest quality.
76. Type genus of the Anatidae.
78. A shape that sags.
80. (informal) Exceptionally good.
83. An elaborate party (often outdoors).
85. (Phoenician and Philistine) God of agriculture and the earth.
89. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
92. 100 satangs equal 1 baht.
94. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
95. (Babylonian) The sky god.
96. Belonging to some prior time.
98. The basic unit of money in Peru.
99. A notable achievement.
100. The cry made by sheep.
101. With no effort to conceal.
102. Chief port of Yemen.
103. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
2. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
3. A final climactic stage.
4. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
5. Complacently or inanely foolish.
6. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.
7. A state in northwestern North America.
8. Arousing or provoking laughter.
9. God of fire.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
12. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
13. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
14. Cry plaintively.
15. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
21. (trademark) An antacid.
23. Of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen.
27. Of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution.
29. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
34. A mechanism that puts something into automatic action.
35. United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during Prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947).
36. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
38. Not subject to death.
39. Romanian sculptor noted for abstractions of animal forms (1876-1957).
44. The trait of acting rashly and without prudence.
47. The dense colorless framework of a chloroplast.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
52. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
54. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling.
56. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
62. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
63. A characteristic state or mode of living.
67. Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches.
68. Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs.
69. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
70. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
72. Above the surround or above the normal position.
77. A support or foundation.
78. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
79. A public promotion of some product or service.
81. Type genus of the Ranidae.
82. Largest known toad species.
84. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
86. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
87. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
88. A quantity of no importance.
90. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
91. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
93. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
94. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
97. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
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