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1. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
4. The fourth month of the civil year.
9. Greenish-yellow pear.
13. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
16. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
17. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
18. An endorsement.
19. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
20. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
21. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
23. Having or given a name or title.
25. A small knob.
27. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
28. The absence of matter.
29. In accordance with truth or fact or reality.
30. 16 ounces.
32. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
33. A member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver Island and in the Cape Flattery region of northwestern Washington.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. A wound made by cutting.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. A state in New England.
45. The momentary present.
47. Third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964).
49. French classical painter (1780-1867).
51. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
53. A Mid-Atlantic state.
55. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
56. Divide by two. divide into halves.
58. Someone who takes more time than necessary.
63. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
64. A flammable colorless gaseous alkene.
65. Someone who drives racing cars at high speeds.
66. The craniometric point at the bridge of the nose where the frontal and nasal bones of the skull meet.
69. Gallery where works of art can be displayed.
70. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
71. The father of your father or mother.
73. A winged sandal (as worn by Hermes in Graeco-Roman art).
75. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
77. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
81. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
84. A waiter at a drive-in restaurant.
89. An accidental happening.
92. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
94. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
95. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
96. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
97. A fraudulent business scheme.
98. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
99. How long something has existed.
100. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
101. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
102. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
2. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
3. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
4. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
5. A substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I').
6. Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians.
7. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
8. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
9. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
10. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
11. Stalk of a moss capsule.
12. Affectedly trendy.
13. Evil or harmful in nature or influence.
14. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
15. United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917).
22. Informal terms for money.
24. A member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara.
26. The 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
31. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
34. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
35. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
36. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
37. Furniture with drawers for keeping clothes.
38. Genus of terrestrial orchids having usually a single pair of broad shining leaves near the middle of the stem.
41. Mix up or confuse.
42. Garment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt.
46. Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943).
48. Pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves).
50. Show a response or a reaction to something.
52. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
54. A particular environment or walk of life.
57. Having or showing markings that resemble veins.
59. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
60. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
61. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
62. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
67. Not divisible by two.
68. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
72. Extract the essence of something by boiling it.
73. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
74. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
76. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
77. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
78. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
79. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
80. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
82. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
83. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
85. Avatar of Vishnu.
86. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
87. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
88. God of love and erotic desire.
90. Used of physical heat.
91. (informal) Of the highest quality.
93. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
94. An expression of greeting.
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