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1. A port in southwestern Scotland.
4. A desert in southern Israel.
9. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
13. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
16. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
17. Squash bugs.
18. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
19. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
20. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
22. The place where something begins, where it springs into being.
24. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
26. Like or characteristic of or befitting a sister.
28. A car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors.
30. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
31. A city in northwestern Syria.
34. (Greek mythology) Ancient god of the sun.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. Family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface.
40. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
41. The third day of the week.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. The square of a body of any size of type.
46. A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement.
50. A small quantity of liquid.
52. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
53. Of or relating to or near the sacrum.
56. Not in good physical or mental health.
57. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
60. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
62. A genus of Platalea.
64. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
66. Bur marigolds.
67. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
68. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
69. A stock exchange in New York.
70. A small amount of liquid food.
72. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
73. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
76. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
78. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
81. 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).
85. An accountant certified by the state.
89. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
90. Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.
92. A high-pitched howl v 1.
94. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
95. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
96. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
98. To run away.
99. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
100. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
101. A member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California.
102. By bad luck.
103. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Type genus of the Anatidae.
2. The second larges of the four main islands of Japan.
3. Moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction.
4. Consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl.
5. Half the width of an em.
6. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
7. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
8. A member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste.
9. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
10. (Irish) God of the sea.
11. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
12. A master's degree in business.
13. Type genus of the Amiidae.
14. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
15. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
21. A crude stone artifact (as a chipped flint).
23. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
25. Situated in a particular spot or position.
27. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
29. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
32. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
33. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
35. Correction by erasing.
38. Relating to or caused by wind.
39. Board a plane.
42. Covered with scabs.
43. Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole.
47. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
48. At surface level.
49. Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921).
51. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
54. The third month of the civil year.
55. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
58. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
59. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
61. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
63. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
65. Load anew with ammunition, "She reloaded the gun carefully".
71. A defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks in 479 BC.
72. A master's degree in business.
74. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
75. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
77. Spider monkeys.
79. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
80. A Bantu language.
82. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
83. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
84. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
86. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
87. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
88. A soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime.
91. (Australian and New Zealand) A disparaging term for English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand.
93. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
97. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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