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1. A vehicle carrying many passengers.
4. United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971).
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
16. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
17. Of or relating to or derived from or containing boron.
18. An Asian river between China and Russia.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. Outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape.
23. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
25. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
27. Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made.
28. God of love and erotic desire.
29. A city in southwestern California east of Los Angeles.
31. (used informally) Very small.
32. Far away from home or one's usual surroundings.
35. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
37. (Norse mythology) Trickster.
41. United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964).
45. A sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils.
47. A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere.
48. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
50. Status with respect to the relations between people or groups.
51. English monk and scholar (672-735).
52. A whimsically eccentric person.
54. A large and imposing house.
55. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
56. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
57. (informal usage) A general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction.
58. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
61. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
62. The seventh and last day of the week.
63. A public promotion of some product or service.
64. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
69. City in Sudan.
71. Extremely pleasing.
72. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
73. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
74. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
76. A tight-fitting headdress.
79. A country north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea.
82. A large city of central Poland.
84. Extremely robust.
88. The cry made by sheep.
89. A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind.
91. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
92. The month following September and preceding November.
93. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
94. A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement.
96. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
97. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
98. Not only so, but.
99. Of or relating to near the ear.
100. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
2. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae.
5. The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract.
6. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
7. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
8. Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events.
9. A mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir.
10. Before noon.
11. Industrial city in southwestern Zimbabwe.
12. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
13. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
14. Being of delicate or slender build.
15. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
22. Type genus of the Ranidae.
24. Of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton.
26. South American cavy.
30. A state in north central United States.
33. A woman who is foreperson of a jury.
34. Of or containing iridium.
36. Genus of fern having only one species.
38. A speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels).
39. The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville.
40. Taken into the stomach.
42. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
43. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
44. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
46. A flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge.
49. Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed.
53. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
59. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
60. To a meager degree or in a meager manner.
65. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
67. Of southern Europe.
68. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
69. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
70. Fly a plane.
75. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
77. A cartoon character created by Walt Disney.
78. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
80. Any competition.
81. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
82. A public promotion of some product or service.
83. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted.
85. The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
86. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
87. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
90. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
95. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
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