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1. Erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers.
5. 11th President of the United States.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
13. A doctor's degree in education.
16. (Sumerian) Sun god.
17. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
18. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
19. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
20. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
21. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
23. Silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs.
25. One who is playfully mischievous.
27. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
28. To a severe or serious degree.
29. The extent of something from side to side.
30. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
31. The specified day of the month.
32. A blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant.
37. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
40. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
41. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
43. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
45. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
46. Formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
48. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
50. (Greek) A benevolent spirit.
53. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
57. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
58. A vigorous blow.
60. An innocuous or inert medication.
61. Being two more than fifty.
62. Sour or bitter in taste.
64. Indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly.
65. A grant made by a law court.
67. Connected with or belonging to or used in a navy.
70. Largest known toad species.
71. Comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia.
73. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
75. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
76. White goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures.
78. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
80. Something resembling the head of a nail that is used an an ornamental device.
87. American dramatist (1928- ).
88. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
90. Someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection.
91. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
92. A genus of Laridae.
94. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
96. Considerate and solicitous care.
97. Goddess of fate.
98. Short and fat.
99. A small cake leavened with yeast.
100. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. The froth produced by soaps or detergents.
2. Of or relating to near the ear.
3. Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).
4. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
5. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
6. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
7. The goddess of the moon.
8. The third month of the civil year.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
11. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
12. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
13. Submerged freshwater perennials.
14. Any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule.
15. Declare untrue.
22. (computer science) A read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data.
24. Someone who provides food and service (as for a party).
26. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
33. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
34. Dragonflies and damselflies.
35. Being one more than fifty.
36. Nocturnal wildcat of Central and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat.
38. Any of a group of RNA viruses including the rotavirus causing infant enteritis.
39. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
42. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
44. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
47. A city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva.
49. Wood of a pecan tree.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
52. A port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean.
54. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
55. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
56. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
59. Slender and graceful.
63. A high shoe with laces over the tongue.
66. The sensation caused by heat energy.
68. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
69. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
72. Towards the side away from the wind.
74. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
75. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
77. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
79. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
81. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
82. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
83. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
84. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
85. The person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality.
86. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
89. Tag the base runner to get him out.
93. A measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test.
95. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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