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1. A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river.
5. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
9. A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone).
13. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
16. The twelfth month of the civil year.
17. Very light colored.
18. A slender double-reed instrument.
19. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
20. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
21. 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.
22. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
23. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
24. Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.
26. A warning against certain acts.
28. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
29. An informal term for a father.
30. Of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures.
32. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
34. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
36. Jordan's port.
37. An loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles.
40. A Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917).
44. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
48. A chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay.
51. God of death.
52. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
54. A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt.
57. Injured by bites or stings.
58. (Sumerian and Babylonian) A solar deity.
61. Traveling by foot.
63. Mix up or confuse.
64. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
65. An official report (usually sent in haste).
67. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
70. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
71. (used only in combination) Having a heart as specified.
72. Type genus of the Amiidae.
73. A ball of yarn or cord or thread.
76. The shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed.
78. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
84. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
85. British informal term.
88. A light touch or stroke.
89. Childcare during the day while parents work.
92. Pungent fleshy edible root.
93. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
94. True firs.
95. Two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts.
97. Being one more than two.
98. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
99. An Italian poet famous for `The Divine Comedy'--a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).
100. A small cake leavened with yeast.
101. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
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1. Italian operatic composer (1813-1901).
2. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
3. (of language) Transparently clear.
4. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
5. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
6. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
7. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
8. Of comparatively great physical weight or density.
9. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
10. A notice of someone's death.
11. Relating to a recently developed fashion or style.
12. Spread or daub over.
13. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
14. A brief indulgence of your impulses.
15. English monk and scholar (672-735).
25. (British) An informer or spy working for the police.
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. An assertion of a right (as to money or property).
31. A state in southeastern United States.
33. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
35. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
38. Sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae.
39. Genus of tropical trees.
41. (used of certain religious orders) Barefoot or wearing only sandals.
42. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
43. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
45. Son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil.
46. A light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweet.
47. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
49. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
50. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
53. A channel for the water current that turns a millwheel.
55. Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
56. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
59. (superlative of `good') Having the most positive qualities.
60. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
62. A genus of Falconidae.
66. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
68. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
69. An athlete who plays basketball.
74. Being eight more than sixty.
75. A distinct feature or element in a problem.
77. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
79. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
80. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
81. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
82. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
83. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
86. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
87. The protruding part of the lower jaw.
90. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
91. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
96. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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