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1. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
5. In bed.
9. With no effort to conceal.
13. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
16. Using speech rather than writing.
17. A quantity of no importance.
18. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
19. A relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons.
20. European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors.
21. Genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the Western Hemisphere.
23. Crested screamers.
25. A Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan.
26. Genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions.
28. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
29. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
31. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.
33. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
35. Deprived of parents by death or desertion.
38. Lacking sense or discretion.
42. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
43. A state in New England.
44. The fifth day of the week.
45. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
50. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
52. A genus of Mustelidae.
54. Small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage.
55. United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964).
56. A Bantu language spoken in southern coastal Tanzania.
58. Lower in esteem.
60. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
61. Large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit.
63. Small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae.
64. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
65. A cgs unit of work or energy.
66. The act of scanning.
68. All the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins.
71. Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible.
73. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
76. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
77. 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.
78. Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753).
81. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
83. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
85. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
88. (informal) Exceptionally good.
92. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
94. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
96. English essayist (1775-1834).
98. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
99. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
100. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
101. Informal terms for a meal.
102. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
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1. Notable English cricketer (1882-1963).
2. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
3. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
4. The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
7. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
8. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
9. An oil port in southern Iraq.
10. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
11. Any lichen of the genus Lecanora.
12. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
13. Any of numerous annual tendril-bearing trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits.
14. English Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718).
15. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
22. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
24. A member of a North American Plains people (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming).
27. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
30. A virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey.
32. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
34. A lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda.
36. Of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture.
37. Proboscis worms.
39. The Siouan language spoken by the Iowa and Oto and Missouri people.
40. French poet (born in Romania) who was one of the cofounders of the Dada movement (1896-1963).
41. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
46. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
47. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. A small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid).
51. A large fleet.
53. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
57. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
59. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
62. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
67. Genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs.
68. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
69. English monk and scholar (672-735).
70. Excellent and delightful in all respects.
71. Any of numerous annual tendril-bearing trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits.
72. A small amount of residue.
74. English monk and scholar (672-735).
75. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
79. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
80. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
82. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
83. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
84. (statistics) Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value.
86. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
87. A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
89. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
90. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
91. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
93. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
95. A bachelor's degree in science.
97. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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