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1. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
4. Do wrongly or improperly.
9. A state of agitated irritation.
13. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
16. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
17. Retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin.
18. The center of an object.
19. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
20. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
21. Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
22. Bake in an oven.
24. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
26. Long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron.
27. (Judaism) The ceremonial dinner on the first night (or both nights) of Passover.
28. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. The inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems.
32. Having a dusty purplish pink color.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. Affected manners intended to impress others.
39. American civil rights worker in Mississippi.
41. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
44. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
48. A Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States).
50. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
53. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
54. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
56. Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp.
57. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
59. The probability of a specified outcome.
61. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
62. Round gourd of the calabash tree.
64. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
65. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
66. Type genus of the Anatidae.
67. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978).
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
71. A white trivalent metallic element.
73. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
75. Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view.
77. A Hindu prince or king in India.
80. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
82. A public promotion of some product or service.
85. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
90. In the Roman calendar.
92. (Norse mythology) Wife of Thor and guardian of the home.
93. A river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows northwest to the Bay of Biscay.
95. Hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan.
96. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
97. A quantity that is added.
98. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
100. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
101. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
102. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
103. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
104. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. A genus of Mustelidae.
3. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
4. Among the largest bony fish.
5. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
6. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
8. A chalcedony with alternating black and white bands.
9. Small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle.
10. (Roman Catholic Church) A devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days.
11. A strong emotion.
12. A generalization of the concept of a vector.
13. A tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area.
14. A person who makes things.
15. A unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units.
23. The framework of a bed.
25. Capital of the state of South Dakota.
29. A decree that prohibits something.
31. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
33. Of or involving the ovaries.
34. A genus of Carangidae.
36. Bound or secured closely.
37. Australian clover fern.
40. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
42. Kauri pine.
43. Deliberately impassive in manner.
45. The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac.
46. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
47. A university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign.
49. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
51. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
52. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
55. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
58. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
60. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
63. State in northeastern India.
68. A period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful.
70. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
71. A tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area.
72. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
74. A verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee.
75. Any cone-shaped artifact.
76. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
78. Growing old.
79. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
81. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
83. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
84. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
86. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
87. The Fate who spins the thread of life.
88. A visual presentation showing how something works.
89. God of the Underworld.
91. The outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges.
92. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
94. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
99. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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