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1. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
4. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
8. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
12. Meat from a domestic hog or pig.
16. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
17. Rounded like an egg.
18. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
19. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
20. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
21. Offering fun and gaiety.
22. In bed.
23. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
24. Singing jazz.
26. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
29. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
30. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
32. One million periods per second.
39. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
46. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
47. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
48. A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana.
49. Similar or related in quality or character.
50. A crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things.
51. Any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior.
53. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
54. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
56. (Roman mythology) The twin brother of Romulus.
57. A bachelor's degree in science.
59. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
60. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
62. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
63. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
65. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
69. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
73. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
76. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
77. Bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad.
81. A linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em.
83. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
84. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
88. An ester of carbamic acid.
91. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
92. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
93. Nonresinous wood of a fir tree.
94. (Greek mythology) The Muse of lyric and love poetry.
96. Ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse.
98. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
99. A vest pocket to hold a pocket watch.
100. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
101. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
102. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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1. An honorary arts degree.
2. Spanish poet and dramatist (1898-1936).
3. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
4. Tooth on the rim of gear wheel.
5. A genus of Indriidae.
6. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
7. Having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another.
8. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
9. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
10. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
11. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
12. Type genus of the Polygalaceae.
13. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
14. Avatar of Vishnu.
15. Wild goose having white adult plumage.
25. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
27. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
28. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
31. A Loloish language.
33. Loose or flaccid body fat.
34. A country on western coast of Africa.
35. A slight or partial paralysis.
36. The income arising from land or other property.
37. Characterized by friendship and good will.
38. (1568) Catholic forces supporting Mary Queen of Scots were routed by Protestants under her half-brother Lord James Stuart, Earl of Murray.
40. Any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family.
41. A covered passageway.
42. Jordan's port.
43. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
44. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
45. Any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material.
52. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
55. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
58. United States feminist (born in 1934).
61. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
64. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
66. An expression of greeting.
67. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
68. Seek someone's favor.
70. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
71. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
72. A short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass.
74. Candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers.
75. Sour or bitter in taste.
78. An associate degree in applied science.
79. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
80. A source of danger.
82. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
83. An expression of greeting.
85. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
86. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
87. Type genus of the Majidae.
89. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
90. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
95. An adult castrated bull of the genus Bos.
97. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
98. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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