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1. A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands.
5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
13. Any of various units of capacity.
16. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
17. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
21. Toward the mouth or oral region.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
29. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
31. Go on board.
33. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
36. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
45. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
46. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
47. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
48. Relating to of containing or affecting blood.
50. A coterie of undesirable people.
52. A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving.
56. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
57. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
58. Having antlers.
59. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
60. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
62. Long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family.
65. Being nine more than forty.
66. A state in midwestern United States.
68. A mechanism that can move automatically.
71. (Greek mythology) One of the 7 Pleiades.
73. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
75. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
79. An accountant certified by the state.
80. A genus of Ploceidae.
82. German chemist noted for the synthetic production of ammonia (1868-1934).
85. Enthusiastic approval.
89. A state in the western United States.
93. English essayist (1775-1834).
94. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
95. A small vessel for travel on water.
96. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
98. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
99. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
100. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
101. Young sheep.
102. The last (12th) month of the year.
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1. A worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis.
2. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
5. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
6. Absence of the pupil in an eye.
7. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
8. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
9. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
10. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
11. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
12. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
13. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
14. Cry plaintively.
15. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. (of a liquid) Treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification.
26. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
27. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
28. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
30. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
32. A decree that prohibits something.
34. Having the color of caramel.
35. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.
37. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
39. A drop of rain.
40. Increase in extent or intensity.
42. Lichens of the family Usneaceae having a pendulous or shrubby thallus.
43. Disclosing information or giving evidence about another.
44. A rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes.
49. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
51. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
53. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
54. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
55. A doctor's degree in religion.
61. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
63. Paper with a crinkled texture.
64. Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC).
67. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
69. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
70. Informal terms for a mother.
72. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
74. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
75. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
76. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
77. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
78. Of or relating to the feet.
81. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
83. A radioactive transuranic element.
84. Capital and largest city of Italy.
86. (Welsh) A warrior god.
87. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
88. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
90. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
91. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
92. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
97. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
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