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1. 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.
4. By accident.
9. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
13. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
17. Jordan's port.
18. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
19. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
20. Small Asian deer with small antlers and a cry like a bark.
22. Photographic equipment consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other.
24. (British) Your grandmother.
25. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
26. The event of being born.
29. Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.
31. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
32. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
34. The highest point of something.
36. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
44. The quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time.
48. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
50. Herbs, shrubs and trees.
53. Step on it.
54. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
57. A Christian recluse.
58. A gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier.
61. A bowl-shaped vessel.
62. Of great mass.
63. Type genus of the Anatidae.
64. A journey or route all the way around a particular place or area.
65. A state in southeastern United States.
66. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
68. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
70. United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression (1895-1965).
72. Of or relating to an agent or agency.
74. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
76. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
77. King of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839).
81. Spread or daub over.
86. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
88. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
89. Irish patriot and a founder of the Sinn Fein (1865-1953).
91. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
94. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
95. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
96. A city of central China.
97. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
98. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
99. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
100. (music) The speed at which a composition is to be played.
101. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
102. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
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1. A complete extent or range.
2. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
3. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
4. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
5. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
6. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
7. 16 ounces.
8. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
9. 1 species.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
11. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
14. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
15. Direct one's course or way.
21. The capital of Nationalist China.
23. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
27. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
28. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
30. Liable to sin.
33. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
35. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ.
37. Small Old and New World herons.
39. A formally arranged gathering.
40. The state of being absent.
42. The overhead upper surface of a room.
45. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
46. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
47. Type genus of the Gliridae.
49. Free and relaxed in manner.
51. (astronomy) "the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system".
52. Seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America.
55. Obvious and dull.
56. A skin disease of adults (more often women) in which blood vessels of the face enlarge resulting in a flushed appearance.
59. (Sumerian) Consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz).
60. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
67. (used of the moon) More than half full.
68. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
69. Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968).
70. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
71. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
73. (all used chiefly with qualifiers `well' or `poorly' or `un-') Having received specific instruction.
75. A Mid-Atlantic state.
78. Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole.
79. A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry.
80. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
82. Very dark black.
83. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
84. Strike sharply.
85. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
87. Channel into a new direction.
90. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
92. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
93. An official at a baseball game.
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