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1. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
4. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
8. Devoid or partially devoid of light or brightness.
12. Common Indian weaverbird.
16. Used of a single unit or thing.
17. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
18. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
19. A prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor.
20. American inventor.
22. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
23. A small piece of cloth.
24. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the western Dakotas.
26. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
28. Flat tableland with steep edges.
29. A master's degree in library science.
31. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
32. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
34. United States comedian.
37. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
41. Type genus of the Meliaceae.
46. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
47. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
50. A jaunty rhythm in music.
51. (Akkadian) A goddess.
53. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
55. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
56. An uproarious party.
57. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
58. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
59. A state in southeastern United States.
60. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
62. Dwell (archaic).
65. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage.
68. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
71. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
73. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping.
74. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
78. A prosthesis placed permanently in tissue v 1.
81. Gull family.
83. Any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves.
84. Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles.
85. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
89. Type genus of the Pristidae.
92. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
93. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
94. British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature (1888-1965).
96. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
97. A master's degree in fine arts.
98. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
99. A special loved one.
100. Flat and uninspiring.
101. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
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1. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
2. Not yet payable.
3. Power to control.
4. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
5. A republic on the Isthmus of Panama.
6. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
7. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
8. An informal term for a father.
9. An elaborate song for solo voice.
10. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
11. German chemist who pioneered analytical chemistry and discovered three new elements (1743-1817).
12. A bachelor's degree in religion.
13. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
14. Not only so, but.
15. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
21. The sport of gliding on skates.
25. An informal term for a father.
27. A strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp.
30. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
33. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
35. Crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings.
36. Situated away from an area's coast or border.
38. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
39. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
40. Be earlier in time.
42. Constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic.
43. Round flat seed of the lentil plant.
44. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
45. Of a cask or barrel.
48. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
49. An associate degree in nursing.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
54. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
61. United States writer remembered as the secretary and companion of Gertrude Stein (1877-1967).
63. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
64. Web spinners.
66. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
67. An electrically charged particle.
69. A roofing tile with a S-shape.
70. Dilatation or distension of a hollow organ.
71. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
72. The middle of the gestation period.
75. Desired or wished for or sought.
76. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
77. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
79. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
80. A polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms.
82. The residue that remains when something is burned.
86. The highest level or degree attainable.
87. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
88. The sixth month of the civil year.
90. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
91. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
95. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
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