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1. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
4. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
9. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
13. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
16. (British) A linear measure of 16.5 feet.
17. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
18. Deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia.
19. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
20. Filled with a great quantity.
22. Of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain.
25. God of wealth and love.
26. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum.
27. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
28. Enclosed in a basin.
29. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
31. United States feminist who was active in the women's suffrage movement (1819-1910).
34. A person of subnormal intelligence.
37. Austrian painter influenced by art nouveau (1862-1918).
40. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
43. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
45. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
46. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. The ending of a series or sequence.
49. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
51. A licensed medical practitioner.
54. Edit and correct (written or printed material).
56. English potter who started a pottery famous for its bone china (1754-1827).
58. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
62. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
63. A sermon on a moral or religious topic.
64. The cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens.
67. (informal) Roused to anger.
68. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
71. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
73. A genus of Ploceidae.
74. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
76. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
83. Third month of the Revolutionary calendar (November and December).
88. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
89. A festival featuring African-American culture.
91. A large faint constellation in the southern hemisphere containing most of the Small Magellanic Cloud.
92. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
93. A person who possesses great material wealth.
94. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
96. A primeval personification of air and breath.
97. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
98. Type genus of the Anatidae.
99. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
100. A small cake leavened with yeast.
101. Not out.
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1. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
2. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
3. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
4. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
5. A public promotion of some product or service.
6. Italian lawn bowling (played on a long narrow dirt court).
7. Genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers.
8. Freed from illness or injury.
9. Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
11. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
12. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
13. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
14. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
15. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style (tight bodice and narrow waist and flowing pleated skirt) that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
21. King of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839).
23. The practice of living without clothes for reasons of health.
24. Someone who puts to good use.
30. A state in northwestern North America.
32. Octopuses and paper nautilus.
33. Gladly and cordially received or admitted.
35. Used of a single unit or thing.
36. Informal terms for clothing.
38. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
39. A flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it.
41. The cry made by sheep.
42. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
44. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
52. A boy or man.
53. A person forced to flee from home or country.
55. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
57. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
59. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
60. Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars.
61. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
65. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
66. Type genus of the Marattiaceae.
69. Epithet of Siva.
70. Mason wasps.
71. Freed from illness or injury.
72. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
73. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
75. A Mid-Atlantic state.
77. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
78. A Muslim council of state.
79. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
80. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
81. The brightest star in Cygnus.
82. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
84. Type genus of the Ranidae.
85. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
86. A Loloish language.
87. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
90. Of southern Europe.
95. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
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