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1. A boy or man.
4. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
8. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
12. Having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky.
16. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
17. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. Fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used.
19. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
20. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
21. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
22. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
23. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
24. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
26. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
29. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
31. Little known Kamarupan languages.
33. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
35. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
38. (superlative of `near' or `nigh') Most near.
42. Petty quarrel.
44. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
48. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923).
52. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
53. (Babylonian) Father of the gods.
54. Having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure.
57. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
58. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
60. A genus of Lamnidae.
62. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
64. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
67. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
68. A colorless oily liquid.
69. Being five more than one hundred.
70. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
71. An enclosed space.
73. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
74. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
76. American novelist (1909-1955).
78. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
80. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
82. Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.
84. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
85. Small European grebe.
89. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
92. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
94. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
95. Largest known toad species.
98. (informal) A witty amusing person who makes jokes.
99. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
100. A tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area.
101. A milkshake made with malt powder.
102. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
103. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
104. Combined or joined to increase in size or quantity or scope.
105. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
106. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
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1. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
4. A deep bow.
5. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
6. Fallow deer.
7. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
8. An industrial city is southeastern Austria.
9. Found pleasant or attractive.
10. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
11. The habitation of wild animals.
12. A card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker.
13. Lacking excess flesh.
14. An instinctive motive.
15. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
25. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
30. A partially opened flower.
32. A fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services.
34. English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599).
36. A town in north central Oklahoma.
37. Wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value.
39. Everything you own.
40. An arthropod family including.
41. A salt or ester of tartaric acid.
43. The value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis.
45. The eleventh month of the civil year.
46. (zoology) Pertaining to alulae.
47. Tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
55. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
56. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
59. Goddess of fate.
61. (of persons or their actions) Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering.
63. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
65. A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes.
66. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
72. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
73. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
75. A Mid-Atlantic state.
77. Relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing.
79. A native-born Israeli.
81. Extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth.
82. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
83. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
86. With no effort to conceal.
87. Wearing or provided with clothing.
88. God of love and erotic desire.
89. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
90. A mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers).
91. A city in northern India.
93. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
96. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
97. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
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