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1. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
4. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
9. (heraldry) An ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield.
13. The cry made by sheep.
16. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
17. Held back.
18. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.
20. (used especially of persons) Having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age.
21. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
22. Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come.
23. A periodic paperback publication.
24. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
26. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
28. Physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925).
30. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
32. Regional and archaic.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
36. A bachelor's degree in science.
38. The highest level or degree attainable.
39. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
43. An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.
46. Double star 15.7 light years from Earth.
50. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
51. A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump.
52. An endorsement.
53. (British) Property that provides tax income for local governments.
57. Coextensive with the family Punicaceae.
59. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
61. (Brit) An area of open or forested country.
62. (informal) Of the highest quality.
63. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
64. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
65. Having high moral qualities.
66. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
68. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
69. A radioactive transuranic element.
71. Great merriment.
72. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
74. In bed.
76. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
77. Something that remunerates.
80. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
82. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
84. Any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii).
86. Representation of the cross on which Jesus died.
88. A public promotion of some product or service.
91. A difficult entangling situation.
92. Island in West Indies.
95. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
96. The compass point that is one point south of southeast.
98. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
99. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
100. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
101. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
102. A small cake leavened with yeast.
103. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
104. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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1. The quantity a scoop will hold.
2. A fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns.
3. Old World woody vines.
4. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
5. Violent and needless disturbance.
6. Lacking motor coordination.
7. (British) A member of the military police.
8. The content of cognition.
9. A vest pocket to hold a pocket watch.
10. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
11. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
12. A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry.
13. Large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers.
14. Not in a state of sleep.
15. (medicine) Chilly.
25. Of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people.
27. Antipsychotic drug (trade name Moban) used in the treatment of schizophrenia.
29. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. A distinct feature or element in a problem.
37. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
40. An incompetent person.
41. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
42. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
44. Dutch ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity (1834-1908).
45. Improper or wicked or immoral behavior.
47. Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches.
48. Of or like a cecum.
49. A large and stately mansion.
54. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
55. Capital and largest city of Yugoslavia.
56. 1 species.
58. A spectator who shouts encouragement.
60. An imaginary monster used to frighten children.
67. A geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry.
68. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
70. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
73. A road that takes traffic around the edge of a town.
74. A plan for attaining a particular goal.
75. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
78. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
79. A metric unit of capacity equal to the volume of 1 kilogram of pure water at 4 degrees centigrade and 760 mm of mercury (or approximately 1.76 pints).
81. An honorary arts degree.
83. Leafless East Indian vine.
85. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
86. A tight-fitting headdress.
87. An informal term for a father.
89. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
90. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
93. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
94. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
97. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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