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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. Put into service.
9. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
13. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
16. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
17. Be in contradiction with.
18. Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. A light touch or stroke.
21. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
22. Worthless people.
23. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
24. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
26. Of or relating to inertia.
28. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
30. A just detectable amount.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
36. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
40. A fraudulent business scheme.
44. Being here now.
45. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
48. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
49. Mix up or confuse.
50. A swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building.
51. A person forced to flee from home or country.
52. Lacking in strength or firmness or resilience.
53. (Irish) The sea personified.
56. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
58. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
59. A primeval personification of air and breath.
61. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
62. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
63. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
65. Have supper.
66. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
69. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
70. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
71. A card game for 2 players.
73. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
76. The basic unit of money in Sierra Leone.
78. British informal term.
81. A small cake leavened with yeast.
84. Any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads.
87. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
90. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
92. Before noon.
93. A kiln for drying hops.
94. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
95. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
96. (medicine) Chilly.
99. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
101. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
102. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
103. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
104. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
105. A cgs unit of work or energy.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
6. Involving two dimensions.
7. A formation of people or things one beside another.
8. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
9. An elementary particle with positive charge.
10. English economist who argued that the laws of supply and demand should operate in a free market (1772-1823).
11. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
12. Athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training.
13. Offering fun and gaiety.
14. Speaking a Slavic language.
15. Avatar of Vishnu.
25. Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair.
27. Of an instrument of certain death.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. Associated with academia or an academy.
34. Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp.
35. Away from the mouth or oral region.
37. The point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected.
38. Of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language.
39. A result.
41. A bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena.
42. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
43. Greek mythology.
46. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
47. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
54. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
55. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
57. A telegram sent abroad.
60. Emperor of Rome who introduced a degree of freedom after the repressive reign of Domitian.
64. Of or like a cecum.
67. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
68. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
72. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
74. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
75. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
77. The ohmic resistance of a conductor.
78. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
79. Of or relating to or measured in ohms.
80. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
82. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
83. Anything that serves as an enticement.
85. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
86. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
87. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
88. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
89. A special way of doing something.
91. Take in solid food.
92. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
97. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
98. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
100. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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