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1. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
5. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
9. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
13. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
16. A short personal letter.
17. A city in southeastern South Korea.
18. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. A sudden very loud noise.
21. A plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime.
23. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
25. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
26. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. Containing or filled with salt.
30. Domination of a political organization by a party boss.
34. A Loloish language.
35. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
37. The capital of Australia.
41. 1/1000 gram.
43. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
44. Comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia.
46. Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.
47. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
50. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
51. A special way of doing something.
52. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
53. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
54. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
56. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
57. The capital and largest city of Norway.
59. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
65. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
66. (in various religions) The world of the dead.
68. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
69. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
70. An analgesic for mild pain.
72. A Mid-Atlantic state.
73. Type genus of the Anatidae.
75. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
76. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
79. As from a country.
81. The act of scanning.
84. Of or relating to or supporting Islamism.
88. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
91. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
93. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
95. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
96. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
97. A means of serving.
99. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
101. A light touch or stroke.
102. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
103. A telegram sent abroad.
104. A city of central China.
105. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. The ossicle between the malleus and the stapes.
2. Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop.
3. In a stable solid fixed manner.
4. Any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having 3-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring.
5. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
6. A used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads.
7. Largest known toad species.
8. Perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves.
9. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
10. A public promotion of some product or service.
11. A genus of Percidae.
12. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
14. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
15. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
22. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
24. The 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
29. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
31. Worthless people.
32. A deep bow.
33. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
36. Having many branches.
38. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
39. Having deserted a cause or principle.
40. An island northwest of Wales.
42. The quality of glittering or sparkling brightly.
45. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
48. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
49. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
55. Type genus of the Spalacidae.
58. A dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten).
60. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
61. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
62. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
63. Not out.
64. Being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn.
67. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
71. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
74. Being two more than fifty.
77. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
78. An implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end.
80. A formal expression of praise.
82. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
83. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
85. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
86. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
87. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
89. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
90. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
92. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
94. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
98. A state in the eastern United States.
99. A public promotion of some product or service.
100. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
101. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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