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1. The unit of frequency.
4. To force onto another.
9. An informal term for a father.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. A successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball).
17. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).
18. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
19. A decree that prohibits something.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
21. An athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole.
22. Capital and largest city of Cuba.
24. Roman Catholic theologian (1585-1638).
26. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
27. Motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis.
28. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
30. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
32. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
33. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
34. God of death.
39. Held in servitude.
42. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
43. Memorization by repetition.
45. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
47. National capital of Kiribati.
49. A chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony.
51. United States poet and critic (1899-1979).
52. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
53. German white wine from the Moselle valley or a similar wine made elsewhere.
55. (Greek legend) The greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold.
56. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
58. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
60. (quantifier used with mass nouns) Great in quantity or degree or extent.
61. Basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle.
63. Type genus of the Bramidae.
64. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
65. Type genus of the Amiidae.
66. A doctor's degree in education.
68. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
71. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed.
73. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
77. (informal) Of the highest quality.
79. A point located with respect to surface features of some region.
81. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
82. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
85. Evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka.
88. Extremely robust.
92. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
94. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
95. Extremely pleasing.
96. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
97. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
99. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
100. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
101. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
102. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
103. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Largest crested screamer.
2. Of or relating to a hair.
3. A support or foundation.
4. Bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads.
5. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
6. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
7. The activity of persuading someone to buy.
8. Restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal.
9. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
10. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
11. Burst or split open, as of flowers and seeds when releasing pollen or seeds.
12. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
13. Lower in esteem.
14. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
15. Type genus of the Anatidae.
23. In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker.
25. Belgian chemist who developed the Solvay process and built factories exploiting it (1838-1922).
29. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
31. A singer of carols.
35. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
36. A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth.
37. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
38. Used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college).
40. Goddess of fortune.
41. Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages.
44. A can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery.
46. A town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River.
48. Affect with wonder.
50. A plant lacking a permanent woody stem.
54. Toward the mouth or oral region.
57. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
59. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
62. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
67. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
68. Restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
70. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
71. Lower in esteem.
72. Being nine more than ninety.
74. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
75. Involving or constituting a cause.
76. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
78. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
80. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
83. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
84. A French abbot.
86. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
87. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
89. The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
90. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
91. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
93. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
98. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
99. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
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