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1. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
5. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
9. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
13. Wild and domestic cattle.
16. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
17. (informal) Someone whose style is out of fashion.
18. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
19. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
20. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
22. A historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan.
24. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
25. French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of romanticism (1866-1925).
26. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
28. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
29. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
30. A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
32. The officer below the master on a commercial ship.
34. A genus of Cichlidae.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
45. Connected with or belonging to or used in a navy.
46. The force of workers available.
49. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
51. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
53. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
55. Having two feet.
57. Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty.
58. Organisms sharing a specified genotype or the genotype (or peculiarities) so shared.
60. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
62. French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829).
63. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
65. Administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava.
66. A town in north central Oklahoma.
67. X-ray picture of the kidneys and ureters after injection of a radiopaque dye.
71. A nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century.
74. Informal terms for clothing.
76. Young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf.
78. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
79. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
80. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
81. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
82. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
84. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
88. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
90. A member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado river.
94. A boy or man.
95. Heal or recover.
96. A quantity of no importance.
98. Make editorial changes (in a text).
99. Late time of life.
100. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
101. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
102. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
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1. A book of the New Testament.
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. Available to rent or lease.
4. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
5. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
6. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
7. A state in north central United States.
8. A populous province in northeastern China.
9. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
10. Lightweight trousers worn in various Eastern countries.
11. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
12. A place where taxis park while awaiting customers.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
21. Gather, as of as crops.
23. 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.
27. A person forced to flee from home or country.
29. A motley assortment of things.
31. Being one more than fifty.
33. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
35. Of or relating to the Iberian peninsula or its inhabitants.
36. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
37. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
38. Southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration.
39. Violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements).
42. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
43. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
44. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
47. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
48. A histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux.
50. A public promotion of some product or service.
52. A base or platform on which hay or corn is stacked.
54. A sweet filling made of prunes or apricots.
56. Small Old and New World herons.
59. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
61. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
64. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
68. A mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys.
69. Veloute or brown sauce with sauteed chopped onion and dry white wine and sour cream.
70. Being connected or associated.
71. A small cake leavened with yeast.
72. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
73. The act of catching an object with the hands.
75. A Hindu prince or king in India.
77. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
83. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.
85. A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.
86. Fail to do something.
87. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
89. A doctor's degree in education.
90. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
91. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
92. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
93. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
97. A Mid-Atlantic state.
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