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1. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
4. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
8. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
12. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
16. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. The content of cognition.
18. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
19. The basic unit of money on Malta.
20. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
22. Fallow deer.
24. A port city in southwestern Iran.
25. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
27. An intermediate platform in a staircase.
30. Give over.
31. A compact mass.
33. Noisy talk.
35. A symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose.
37. The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
40. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
44. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
45. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
47. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
48. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
49. Abounding in rushes.
51. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
53. A light touch or stroke.
55. An excavation that is (usually) filled with water.
56. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
59. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
61. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
62. Extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia).
65. (Babylonian) Any of a group of powerful earth spirits or genii.
67. Jordan's port.
69. Having a difficult and contrary disposition.
70. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
71. Any of several large shaggy-maned humped bovids having large heads and short horns.
72. A genus of Siphonaptera.
75. Being nine more than ninety.
76. An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.
78. A cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats.
81. The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal).
83. An informal term for a father.
85. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
90. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
93. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
94. A large ax with a broad cutting blade.
96. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
98. The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.
99. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
100. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
102. The products of human creativity.
103. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
104. American dwarf fan palms.
105. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
106. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
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1. Wearing or provided with clothing.
2. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
3. Not enough.
4. A state in New England.
5. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
6. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
7. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
8. A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells.
9. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
10. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
11. God of wealth and love.
12. A black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas.
13. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
14. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
15. Mentally healthy.
21. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
23. An associate degree in nursing.
26. A padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm.
28. Costing 10 dollars.
29. City in Sudan.
32. A Mid-Atlantic state.
34. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
36. The basic unit of money in Bhutan.
38. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
39. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms.
41. United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859).
42. Like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape).
43. Certainty based on past experience.
46. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
50. An earth color containing ferric oxides.
52. Similar to the color of fresh grass.
54. A bachelor's degree in religion.
57. (formerly) A title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt.
58. Japanese filmmaker noted for blending Japanese folklore with Western styles of acting (1910-1998).
60. A small cake leavened with yeast.
63. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.
64. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
66. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
68. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
73. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
74. A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea.
77. South American cavy.
79. Toenail having its free tip or edges embedded in the surrounding flesh.
80. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
82. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
83. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
84. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
86. Very dark black.
87. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
88. A bachelor's degree in library science.
89. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
91. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
92. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
95. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
97. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
101. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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