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1. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
4. A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus.
9. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.
13. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
16. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
17. An ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate.
18. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
19. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
20. Tropical genus of small trees or shrubs.
22. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
24. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
25. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
26. The supreme commander of a fleet.
29. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
30. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
32. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
34. Seed of a pea plant.
36. A young unmarried woman.
40. A long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods).
44. Complacently or inanely foolish.
45. Crowd or pack to capacity.
46. A male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina.
48. A game in which darts are thrown at a dartboard.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
51. Author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553).
53. A branch of the Tai languages.
56. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
57. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
59. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
60. A public promotion of some product or service.
62. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
68. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
69. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
71. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.
73. A resin used in adhesives and paints.
74. Legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
76. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
77. A member of an aboriginal people living in the hills in southeastern India.
80. A retailer of meat.
83. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
84. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
88. (of winds) Coming from the sea toward the land.
90. A state in the eastern United States.
91. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
92. (Norse mythology) Trickster.
93. Goddess of fertility.
97. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
98. By bad luck.
99. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
100. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
101. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
2. The basic unit of money on Malta.
3. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
4. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
5. The month following October and preceding December.
6. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
7. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
8. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
9. French poet (born in Romania) who was one of the cofounders of the Dada movement (1896-1963).
10. A source of danger.
11. Congenital absence of an arm or leg.
12. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
13. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
21. A Penutian language spoken by the Takelma people.
23. Distance measured in miles.
27. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
28. (music) Characterized by avoidance of traditional Western tonality.
31. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
33. A terrier with wiry hair.
35. (law) The privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land).
37. A long brightly colored shawl.
38. To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent.
39. Impaired by diminution.
41. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
42. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
43. 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.
47. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
52. English monk and scholar (672-735).
54. (South African) A journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers).
55. Informal terms for a mother.
58. Before noon.
61. A city of central Russia south of Moscow.
63. Kauri pine.
64. That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency.
65. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
66. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
67. A shape that sags.
70. A state in northwestern North America.
72. A Loloish language.
75. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
78. (Judeo-Christian religion) Chief spirit of evil and adversary of God.
79. Affect with wonder.
81. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
82. An elaborate song for solo voice.
83. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
85. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
86. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
87. A French abbot.
89. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals.
94. Being nine more than ninety.
95. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
96. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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