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1. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
4. A genus of Ploceidae.
9. A primeval personification of air and breath.
13. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
16. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
17. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
18. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
19. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
20. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
21. United States writer and social critic (1817-1862).
23. Scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms.
25. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
27. Humorously vulgar.
28. Dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who who they are and leaves home to creates a new life.
29. A university in Connecticut.
31. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
33. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
34. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
37. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
40. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
43. An elaborate song for solo voice.
47. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
50. The unlimited 3-dimensional expanse in which everything is located.
51. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
53. Female equine animal.
55. A port and state capital of Tasmania.
57. An oral beta blocker (trade name Visken) used in treating hypertension.
58. Humble request for help.
59. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
60. Dwell (archaic).
62. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
64. A widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow.
65. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
67. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
69. Especially of a ship's lines etc.
71. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
72. Male cat.
73. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
74. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
76. Half the width of an em.
77. (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld in ancient mythology.
78. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
81. (Russian) Fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley.
84. Basic principles of the cosmos.
87. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
89. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
93. Relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language n.
95. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
96. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
97. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
99. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
102. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
103. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
104. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
105. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
106. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
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1. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. (botany) Especially of leaves.
4. (Middle East) Usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling.
5. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
6. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style (tight bodice and narrow waist and flowing pleated skirt) that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
7. (Greek mythology) Wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
8. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
9. A region in southeastern Italy on the Adriatic.
10. Informal terms for a mother.
11. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
12. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
13. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
14. The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum.
15. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. French artist who immigrated to the United States.
26. A distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas).
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. A South American river.
35. A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles.
36. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
38. American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled.
39. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
41. Treated with excessive indulgence.
42. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
44. Veloute sauce seasoned with herbs and shallots and capers.
45. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
46. The state of being absent.
48. A fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris.
49. An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash.
52. A state in northwestern North America.
54. Small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull.
56. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
61. All the loaves of bread baked at the same time.
63. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
66. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
68. Unpleasant wetness.
70. King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975).
75. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
79. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
80. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
82. Of or relating the the Vedas or to the ancient Sanskrit in which they were written.
83. A public promotion of some product or service.
85. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
86. An Asian river between China and Russia.
88. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
90. A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
91. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
92. Type genus of the Ranidae.
94. Used of a single unit or thing.
98. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
100. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
101. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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