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1. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
4. The excrement of sea birds.
9. A French abbot.
13. A byproduct of inflammation.
16. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
17. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
18. A cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats.
19. Step on it.
20. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
21. A motley assortment of things.
23. The unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container.
25. Cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders.
27. Brought about or caused.
28. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
32. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
35. A human limb.
38. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
41. An ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair.
43. Well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables.
46. Wearing or provided with clothing.
47. A twist or aberration.
48. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
50. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
52. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
53. Typical geese.
55. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
56. Relating to or characterized by atrophy.
58. The capital and largest city of Kenya.
60. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
62. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
63. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
64. A light touch or stroke.
65. A small round piece of linen place under a dish or bowl.
67. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
69. The seventh month of the civil year.
72. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
73. Any age prior to the legal age.
75. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
77. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
78. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
79. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
80. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
83. Argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts.
87. An alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral.
88. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
91. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
92. A member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called pueblos by the Spanish because they live in villages built of adobe and rock.
94. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
96. A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts.
97. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
98. A small cake leavened with yeast.
100. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
101. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
102. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
103. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
104. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
105. An associate degree in nursing.
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1. A liquid preparation used on wet hair to it a tint.
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. The closing section of a musical composition.
4. United States singer and film actress (1922-1969).
5. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
6. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
7. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
8. Toward the mouth or oral region.
9. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
10. A soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment).
11. English monk and scholar (672-735).
12. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
13. Of or relating to chaetae (setae or bristles).
14. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
15. The short weak cry of a young bird.
22. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
24. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
26. Rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call.
31. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
33. Of or relating to or characteristic of Corsica or its people.
34. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
36. Of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture.
37. Fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals.
39. Chiefly American herbs.
40. Possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge).
42. A town in southwestern British Columbia on Vancouver Island west of Vancouver.
44. A large fleet.
45. After the expected or usual time.
49. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
51. Conforming to truth.
54. (British) A linear measure of 16.5 feet.
57. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
59. Something causes misery or death.
61. Prevent from being seen or discovered.
66. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
68. In accordance with nature.
69. United States singer and film actress (1922-1969).
70. A sum of money allotted on a regular basis.
71. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
74. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
76. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943).
78. (formerly) A cavalryman armed with a lance.
79. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
81. American dramatist (1928- ).
82. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
84. English essayist (1775-1834).
85. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
86. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
89. One thousand grams.
90. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
93. Fiddler crabs.
95. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
99. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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