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1. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
4. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
9. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
13. Cut off from a whole.
16. The habitation of wild animals.
17. The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate.
18. Waves breaking on the shore.
19. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
20. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
21. A native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro.
23. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines.
25. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
27. A crystalline compound found in vanilla beans and some balsam resins.
28. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
32. An informal term for a father.
34. Squash bugs.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
42. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
44. Make or become free of frost or ice.
47. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
49. A state of agitated irritation.
50. Involving two dimensions.
52. An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate.
53. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
54. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
56. A doctor's degree in education.
57. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
59. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
60. A forbidding stronghold.
63. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
66. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
67. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
68. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
69. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
70. A coffin along with its stand.
72. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
73. The general activity of selling.
75. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
77. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
79. Submerged freshwater perennials.
81. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
83. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
84. Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856).
87. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
88. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
92. Having a woven pattern.
95. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
98. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
99. A thin strip (wood or metal).
100. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
101. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
103. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
104. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
105. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
106. (informal) Exceptionally good.
107. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
2. Not only so, but.
3. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
4. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
5. Speaking a Slavic language.
6. Expose to fresh air, as of old clothing.
7. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
8. A chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony.
9. One of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament.
10. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
11. German states who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992).
12. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
13. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
14. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
15. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
22. An aromatic tree of the genus Clusia having large white or yellow or pink flowers.
24. Offensively discourteous.
26. A member of a subgroup of people who inhabit Lesotho.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. Savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables.
35. Not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal.
36. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
38. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
39. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
40. American gurnard.
41. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet.
43. A person forced to flee from home or country.
45. Make attractive or lovable.
46. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
48. A boy or man.
51. A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished.
55. And nothing more.
58. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
61. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
62. (botany) Especially of leaves.
64. Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid.
65. Humorously vulgar.
71. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
74. Give an education to.
75. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
76. The spirit of evil in Zoroastrianism.
77. A chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony.
78. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
79. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
80. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
82. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
85. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
86. Short and fat.
89. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
90. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
91. A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts.
93. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
94. God of love and erotic desire.
96. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
97. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
102. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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