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1. An honorary degree in science.
4. A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.
9. Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces.
13. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
16. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
17. Area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute.
18. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
19. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
20. Used of a single unit or thing.
21. Clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing.
23. (chemistry) Being or containing an acid.
25. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
27. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
29. Collect or gather.
30. Anticonvulsant drug (trade name Gemonil) used in the treatment of epilepsy.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. Flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States.
35. The basic unit of money in Romania.
36. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
38. Weapons considered collectively.
42. Express strong disapproval of.
46. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
47. Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings.
48. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
49. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
51. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
52. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
53. A business whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state.
54. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
56. The commonest protein in muscle.
57. Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds.
59. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
62. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
63. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
65. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
67. A group of southern Bantu languages.
69. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
73. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
74. Any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia.
76. Having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity.
78. A genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers.
81. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
83. Water frozen in the solid state.
84. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals.
86. A fraudulent business scheme.
91. Stalk of a moss capsule.
92. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
94. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
95. Gone by.
97. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
99. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
100. A local computer network for communication between computers.
101. (Greek mythology) Monster with nine heads.
102. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
103. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
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1. Leap. jerk, bang (dialectal).
2. Small and light boat.
3. A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep.
4. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
5. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
6. Of or relating to the uvea of the eye.
7. The food served and eaten at one time.
8. An analgesic for mild pain.
9. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
12. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
13. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
14. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
15. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
22. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
24. Painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible.
26. Robbery at gunpoint.
28. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
31. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
34. Grayish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
37. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
39. Cause to feel sure.
40. A genus of Cricetidae.
41. Tropical trees having one-seeded fruit.
43. A group of related languages spoken in a valley of southern Ethiopia.
44. A potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine.
45. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
50. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
55. Formed or gathered into a ball.
58. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
60. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
61. Baby bed with high sides.
64. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
66. A public promotion of some product or service.
68. Soft blue-gray mineral.
70. Prelates collectively.
71. Expected hopefully.
72. A city of east central Mexico (west of Veracruz).
73. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
75. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
77. (informal) Of the highest quality.
79. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
80. A metal spike with a hole for a rope.
82. A large number or amount.
85. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
87. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
88. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
89. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
90. Very dark black.
93. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
96. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
98. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
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