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1. How long something has existed.
4. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
9. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
13. One millionth of a gram.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. Earlier a god.
18. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
21. Type genus of the Giraffidae.
22. A small ornamental case.
24. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
26. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
27. An organ in its earliest stage of development.
28. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
30. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
31. A violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa.
33. Away from the mouth or oral region.
38. A forbidding stronghold.
41. (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree.
42. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
46. Before noon.
47. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
48. By bad luck.
49. Relating to or near the ulna.
50. (music) A notation written at the beginning or end of a passage that is to be repeated.
52. Being on the left side.
53. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
56. Cut off from a whole.
57. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
59. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
61. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
64. The seventh and last day of the week.
65. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
66. An elaborate song for solo voice.
67. A sock knitted or woven with a diamond-shaped pattern.
71. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
72. A confusion of voices and other sounds.
74. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
77. Not agitated.
78. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
81. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
83. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar.
85. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
86. Cause to be embarrassed.
88. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
92. Any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin.
93. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
96. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
98. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
99. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
100. A particular situation.
101. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
102. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
103. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
104. The concentration of a solution as determined by titration.
105. A small cake leavened with yeast.
106. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. Offering fun and gaiety.
3. Expel, as of gases and odors.
4. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
5. Goddess of fertility.
6. Of or relating to the dura mater.
7. English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596).
8. A crime syndicate in the United States.
9. A large number or amount.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. Keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement.
12. King of Sparta and hero of the battle of Thermopylae where is was killed by the Persians (died in 480 BC).
13. A mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (27,790 feet high).
14. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
15. A door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall.
23. Any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers.
25. Again but in a new or different way.
29. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
34. The basic unit of money in Venezuela.
35. The Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds).
36. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
37. Large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval smooth-skinned fruit.
39. Relating to binomials.
40. A word that denotes a manner of doing something.
43. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
44. Unwisely talking too much.
45. Sweet Madeira wine.
51. A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
54. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
55. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
58. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
60. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
62. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
63. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
68. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
69. Someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters.
70. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
73. A town in central Belgium.
74. A female person who has the same parents as another person.
75. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
76. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
79. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
80. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
82. Lower in esteem.
84. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
87. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
89. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
90. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
91. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
94. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
95. Used of physical heat.
97. A light touch or stroke.
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