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1. A period of time spent sleeping.
4. Chick-pea plant.
9. A thrusting blow with a knife.
13. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
16. How long something has existed.
17. Talk pompously.
18. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
19. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
20. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
22. Dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere.
24. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
26. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
27. (of pitches) Made with the arm moving parallel to the ground.
29. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
30. A medicine that induces nausea and vomiting.
32. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
34. An imaginary monster used to frighten children.
36. (trademark) An antacid.
40. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
41. Of a display that is tawdry or vulgar.
45. A covered passageway.
46. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
49. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
51. An argument opposed to a proposal.
52. Liquid excretory product.
54. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
56. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
57. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
58. Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.
62. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
63. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
65. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
66. Important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor.
67. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
69. An indirect (and usually malicious) implication.
73. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
74. A public promotion of some product or service.
75. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
77. (informal) Of the highest quality.
78. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
80. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
82. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
84. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
86. (Old Testament) An ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants.
89. A fraudulent business scheme.
94. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
95. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
97. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
98. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
99. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
100. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
102. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
103. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
104. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
105. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
106. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
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1. A quantity of no importance.
2. Highly excited.
3. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.
4. A short close-fitting coat.
5. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
6. A drink resembling beer.
7. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
8. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
9. Successive (without a break).
10. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
11. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
12. The cry made by sheep.
13. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
14. A bluish shade of green.
15. A Loloish language.
21. A thin pliable sheet of material.
23. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
25. Wood of a sumac.
28. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
31. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
33. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
35. (of roads) Not leveled or drained.
37. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
38. A meter that shows mileage traversed.
39. A brown-to-yellow mineral that is a phosphate of yttrium in crystalline form.
42. (Judaism) Not conforming to dietary laws.
43. (medieval Europe) A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord.
44. A group of islands in the southeastern West Indies.
47. A rye bread made with molasses or brown sugar.
48. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
50. A large fleet.
53. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
55. Large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male.
59. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
60. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
61. Humble request for help.
64. A vehicle that can fly.
68. An American Indian infant.
69. A short close-fitting coat.
70. Any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures.
71. Fiddler crabs.
72. A city of east central Mexico (west of Veracruz).
73. The cry made by sheep.
76. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
79. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
81. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
83. A large number or amount.
85. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
87. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
88. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
89. Being nine more than ninety.
90. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
91. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
92. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
93. Very dark black.
96. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
101. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
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