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1. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
4. An elongated leather strip (or or strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position.
9. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
13. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
17. A university town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River north of Bangor.
18. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
19. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. A tort consisting of false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person.
22. Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines.
23. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
24. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
26. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
29. A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico.
31. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
33. Having wisdom that comes with age and experience.
36. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
43. Periodic maintenance on a car or machine.
46. Range of what one can know or understand.
48. Wife of Balder.
49. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
51. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
52. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
53. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
54. Transparent anterior portion of the outer covering of the eye.
56. Small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color.
58. Being four more than fifty.
59. A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi.
61. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
63. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
64. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language.
66. Unusual largeness in size or extent.
67. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
69. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
70. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
74. Having accumulated or become more intense.
76. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
77. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
80. Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange.
81. A vigorous blow.
83. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
85. Greek mythology.
89. (informal) Of the highest quality.
93. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
94. Well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force.
95. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
97. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
98. The basic unit of money in Romania.
99. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
100. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
101. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
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1. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
2. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
3. Open pastry filled with fruit or custard.
4. Type genus of the Soleidae.
5. A plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers.
6. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
7. Used of a single unit or thing.
8. A person of Polish descent.
9. A formal association of people with similar interests.
10. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
11. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
12. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
13. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
14. Type genus of the Ranidae.
15. By bad luck.
25. A genus of Sterninae.
27. Wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or blood or tears.
28. Serving as or forming a base.
30. A small but appreciable amount.
34. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
35. A seaport in northwestern Italy.
38. Sorrowful through loss or deprivation.
40. Of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England.
41. Become adolescent.
42. (euphemistic) "he is deceased".
44. The capital city of Vietnam.
45. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
47. A master's degree in business.
50. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
55. Engaged in as a pastime.
57. Not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal.
60. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
62. Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion.
65. Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.
68. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
69. A person of Polish descent.
71. The capital and largest city of Dominica.
72. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
73. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort).
74. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
75. Fastened with a pin or staple.
78. (with `in') Guardianship over.
79. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
82. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
84. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
86. Marked by the reception of pay.
87. A genus of Mustelidae.
88. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
90. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
91. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
92. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
96. A public promotion of some product or service.
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