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1. Cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person.
5. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
13. Marked by the reception of pay.
17. 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.
18. The quality of being alien.
19. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
20. Wild goose having white adult plumage.
21. Depressing in character or appearance.
22. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
23. An authoritative person who divines the future.
25. Tropical African herbs.
27. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
28. An unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene.
29. Perversely irritable.
32. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
36. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
37. A star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process.
43. A firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater.
47. By bad luck.
48. Slightly wet.
50. United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (born in 1905).
51. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
52. The team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring.
53. A substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid).
54. Eye disease consisting of an opaque white spot on the cornea.
57. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
58. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
59. (Welsh) Lord of Annwfn (the other world.
63. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
66. Weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields.
68. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
71. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
72. Type genus of the family Zygnemataceae.
76. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
79. (music) Characterized by avoidance of traditional Western tonality.
81. Soft suede glove leather from goatskin.
85. A word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian).
88. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
90. An associate degree in applied science.
91. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
92. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
94. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
95. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
96. A doctor's degree in education.
97. Having winglike extensions.
98. A condition requiring relief.
99. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
100. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
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1. A city in east central Texas.
2. A tributary of the Rhine.
3. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
4. A large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach.
5. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
6. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
7. (of e.g. celestial bodies) Above the horizon.
8. United States film actor (born in 1925).
9. Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell.
10. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
11. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
12. Go ashore.
13. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
14. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
15. Complacently or inanely foolish.
16. Having a hemispherical vault or dome.
24. (Irish) The sea personified.
26. Being nine more than ninety.
30. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
31. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
33. Slowly broken down or crumbled into dust.
34. Place a value on.
35. A battle in the Seven Years' War (1757).
38. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
39. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
40. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
41. A person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant).
42. A protective covering for a knife or sword.
44. The anterior tip at the end of the suture of the nasal bones.
45. French dramatist (born in Romania) who was a leading exponent of the theater of the absurd (1912-1994).
46. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
49. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
55. A festival featuring African-American culture.
56. In operation or operational.
60. A mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text.
61. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
62. 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.
64. A shape that sags.
65. A genus of Malayan tree.
66. (of e.g. celestial bodies) Above the horizon.
67. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
70. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
73. Of silk fabric.
74. Satisfy (thirst).
75. Make amendments to.
77. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
78. Wearing or provided with clothing.
80. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
82. (of molten metal or glass) Formed by pouring or pressing into a mold n 1.
83. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
84. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
86. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
87. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
89. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
93. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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