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1. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. The sixth month of the civil year.
12. A French abbot.
16. An oral poliovirus vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
17. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
18. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
19. The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it.
20. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
22. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
24. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
25. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
26. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
27. A small skullcap.
29. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
31. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
33. A bachelor's degree in religion.
37. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835).
40. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
41. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
44. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
46. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
47. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
48. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
50. Capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria.
52. Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water.
53. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
57. Proceeding in small stages.
58. Short and fat.
60. Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17).
61. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
62. Being three more than fifty.
64. A region in central Italy.
66. Of silk fabric.
69. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
71. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
72. The residue that remains when something is burned.
73. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
75. Small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle.
81. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
85. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
86. (of spatial position) In or brought into line with or into proper relative position.
89. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
91. Everything you own.
93. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
94. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
95. The median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly.
97. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
98. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
99. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
100. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
101. Witnessed at first hand.
102. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A disreputable vagrant.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. Work out.
4. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
5. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. A vigorous blow.
8. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. A motley assortment of things.
12. Superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins.
13. 3rd largest island in the world.
14. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
15. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
21. Being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium.
23. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
28. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
30. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
32. English economist who argued that the laws of supply and demand should operate in a free market (1772-1823).
34. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
35. The second largest city in Tunisia.
36. A member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California.
38. Shiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scales.
39. The father of your father or mother.
42. Being one more than one.
43. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
45. (of a woman's body) Having a large bosom and pleasing curves.
49. A genus of Indriidae.
51. A long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall).
54. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
55. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
56. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
59. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
63. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
65. An enclosed space.
67. Nearly cosmopolitan family.
68. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
70. (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology.
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
74. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
76. (used of boats) Inclined to heel over easily under sail.
77. A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound.
78. Closed with a lace.
79. Production of a certain amount.
80. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
82. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
83. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
84. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
87. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
88. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
90. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
92. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
96. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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