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1. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals.
4. A drama set to music.
9. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
13. Wood duck and mandarin duck.
16. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
17. A basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard).
18. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
19. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
20. Rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate.
22. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth.
26. A river in southeastern France.
27. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
29. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
31. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
33. Small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail.
37. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. A small cake leavened with yeast.
47. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
51. Female peafowl.
53. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
54. Type genus of the Triglidae.
57. Declare or acknowledge to be true.
58. British composer (1857-1934).
59. A large number or amount.
61. The amount a salary is increased.
62. Any seed plant yielding balsam.
63. A water wheel with buckets attached to the rim.
64. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
65. A French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750).
67. A state in northwestern North America.
68. Perfume esp. with a censer.
71. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
75. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
77. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
79. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
84. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
87. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
90. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
92. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
94. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
95. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
96. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
97. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
98. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
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1. A communication system using fiber optic cables.
2. Gull-like jaeger of northern seas.
3. A district of Manhattan.
4. United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938).
5. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
6. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
7. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
8. Type genus of the Apidae.
9. Someone whose job is to dye cloth.
10. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
11. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
12. The striking of one body against another.
13. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
14. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
15. A city of central China.
21. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
23. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
28. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
30. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
32. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
34. A mining town in southern Wales.
35. German philosopher who argued that cultures grow and decay in cycles (1880-1936).
36. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of Chad.
38. Large European marine food fish.
39. Of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen.
40. A person with the same name as another.
43. Type genus of the Spalacidae.
45. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
48. Relating to or resembling an ape.
49. Armor plate that protects the chest.
50. The specified day of the month.
52. Type genus of the Anatidae.
55. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
56. Excess of urea in the urine.
60. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
66. A school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences.
69. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
70. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
72. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
73. A bachelor's degree in architecture.
74. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
75. Gone by.
76. Of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants.
78. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
80. An expression of open-mouthed astonishment.
81. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
82. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
83. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
85. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
86. (statistics) Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value.
88. Being one more than two.
89. A state of southwestern India.
91. A state in north central United States.
92. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
93. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
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