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1. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
4. State in northeastern India.
9. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
13. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
16. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
17. The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa.
18. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
19. School of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith.
20. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
22. A dialect of English spoken in the Lowlands of Scotland.
24. Something twisted and tight and swollen.
26. Carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles.
28. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
29. Curving outward.
30. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
32. Make less active or intense.
34. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
36. Any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root.
39. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
45. An associate degree in nursing.
46. Made of or resembling lace.
47. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
49. Of or relating to near the ear.
51. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
53. The largest city in Pakistan.
55. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
56. A glass for beer.
59. A European river.
61. The term during which some position is held.
62. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.
63. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds.
64. A short composition for a solo instrument.
66. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
68. Device for resetting instruments or controls v 1.
69. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
73. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
74. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
76. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
77. The act of scanning.
82. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
85. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
89. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
90. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
91. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
93. (British) An informer or spy working for the police.
94. Being one more than nine.
95. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
96. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
97. (British) A check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed.
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1. Slanderous defamation.
2. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
3. Belgian architect and leader in art nouveau architecture (1861-1947).
4. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
5. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
6. The second largest city in Tunisia.
7. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
8. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
9. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
10. A flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it.
11. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
12. A motley assortment of things.
13. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
14. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
15. Being the only one.
21. (law) A gift of personal property by will.
23. In bed.
25. Of the color of nuts.
27. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
31. A salt or ester of oxalic acid.
33. Italian lawn bowling (played on a long narrow dirt court).
35. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
37. A soft lightweight muslin used especially for babies.
38. In an advanced stage of pregnancy.
40. The capital of French Polynesia on the northwestern coast of Tahiti.
41. Ovolo molding between the shaft and the abacus of a Doric column.
43. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
44. The absence of matter.
48. A building where prostitutes are available.
50. Disclosing information or giving evidence about another.
52. (botany) Especially of plant parts.
54. A city of central China.
57. A clay pipe with a short stem.
58. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
60. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
65. (biology) A relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate.
66. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
67. The time between occurrences of a repeating event.
68. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
70. (Greek mythology) A woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena.
71. Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.
72. (biology) Shed at an early stage of development.
75. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
78. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
79. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
80. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
81. 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. (Norse mythology) God of war and strife and son of Odin.
84. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
86. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
87. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
88. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
92. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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