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1. A man who serves as a sailor.
4. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
9. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
13. The younger of two major political parties in the United States.
16. The month following March and preceding May.
17. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
18. The center of an object.
19. (informal) Of the highest quality.
20. The cry made by sheep.
21. A draft horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle.
22. Elegant and stylish.
23. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
24. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
26. Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.
27. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. A small cake leavened with yeast.
31. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
32. Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago.
34. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
36. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
40. A Mid-Atlantic state.
41. A state in the western United States.
46. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
48. Lower in esteem.
50. Of a light grayish-brown color n.
52. A city in east central Texas.
56. A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
57. Improved or corrected by critical editing.
58. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
60. (British) A linear measure of 16.5 feet.
61. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
67. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
70. Any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages.
71. Having been read.
72. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
74. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
75. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
77. A postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory.
80. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
85. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
89. Wear away.
91. Widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green.
93. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
94. A thin strip (wood or metal).
95. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
97. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
99. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
100. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
101. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
102. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
103. A light touch or stroke.
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1. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. (informal) Exceptionally good.
4. Greek mythology.
5. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
6. A loose cloak with a hood.
7. On or toward the lee.
8. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
9. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
10. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.
11. Baby bed with high sides.
12. A great sacrifice.
13. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
14. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
15. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
25. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
28. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
33. A state in midwestern United States.
35. Variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree.
37. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
38. Extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front.
39. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
42. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
43. Having legs of a specified kind or number.
44. Superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins.
45. Any expected deliverer.
47. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
49. An associate degree in nursing.
51. That is to say.
53. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
54. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
55. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
62. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
63. An epic in Latin by Virgil.
64. A state in New England.
65. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
66. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
68. Give an education to.
69. A decree that prohibits something.
73. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
74. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
76. A boy or man.
78. A small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge.
79. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
81. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
82. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
83. Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people).
84. Type genus of the Anatidae.
86. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
87. God of love and erotic desire.
88. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
90. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
91. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
92. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
93. A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone).
96. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
98. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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