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1. One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse.
5. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
9. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
13. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
16. A friendly nation.
17. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai).
18. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
19. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
20. Any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway.
21. A very troublesome child.
22. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
23. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
24. The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair).
26. (Roman Catholic Church) A devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days.
28. The month following February and preceding April.
29. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
31. Affect with wonder.
33. The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally.
37. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.
41. Grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan.
43. Gather, as of as crops.
45. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
46. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
47. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
49. English monk and scholar (672-735).
52. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
54. The second largest continent.
57. Belonging to the period after a war.
61. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
62. An inland sea in northwestern Turkey.
64. Internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity).
66. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
67. Trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions.
68. The ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary.
71. A unit of pressure.
72. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
73. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
74. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
77. Relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients.
78. Antacid (trade name Prilosec) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach.
83. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
84. A port city in southwestern Iran.
88. Pertaining to or near the sun.
89. Rounded like an egg.
92. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
93. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
94. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
96. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
98. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
99. Roman goddess of night.
100. (prefix) Across or crossing or on the opposite side.
101. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
102. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
103. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
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1. Imprudently incurring risk.
2. English essayist (1775-1834).
3. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,201 feet high).
4. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
5. A disreputable vagrant.
6. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
7. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
8. A device that displays words for people to read.
9. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
10. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
11. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
12. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
13. Among the largest bony fish.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
25. A small amount of residue.
27. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
30. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
32. Trade name for and oral contraceptive containing the progestin compound norethindrone.
34. (Judaism) Not conforming to dietary laws.
35. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
38. Durable fragrant wood.
39. The literary intelligentsia.
40. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
42. A state in midwestern United States.
44. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. A unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc.
50. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
51. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
53. A nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator.
55. A prescription drug that is provided again.
56. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
58. Cuddling and kissing.
59. (Lebanese) A finely chopped salad with tomatoes and parsley and mint and scallions and bulgur wheat.
60. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
63. Wool of the alpaca.
65. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
69. The fur of the North American racoon.
70. The capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa.
75. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
76. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
79. Make anew.
80. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
81. A kiln for drying hops.
82. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
85. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
86. Report or maintain.
87. A quantity of no importance.
90. A tube in which a body fluid circulates.
91. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
95. Informal terms for a mother.
97. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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