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1. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
4. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
8. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
12. (Greek mythology) A river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls.
16. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
17. The top edge of a vessel.
18. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
19. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
20. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
21. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
24. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
26. In bed.
28. Used of idealized country life.
30. An atom having a valence of one.
32. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
34. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
35. Affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste.
37. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
40. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
43. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
45. A (usually rectangular) container.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. (used as a sentenced connector) Therefore or consequently.
51. A genus of Bothidae.
57. Of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips.
59. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
61. (prefix) Within.
62. The act of using.
63. German musician who developed a system for teaching music to children (1895-1982).
64. Possessing material wealth.
65. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
66. The Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people.
68. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
69. Acid gritty-textured fruit.
70. Given or having a specified name.
71. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
74. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
76. In some classifications considered a genus of subfamily Melinae.
79. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
80. Either extremity of something that has length.
81. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
84. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
86. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
88. American novelist (1909-1955).
91. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
95. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
98. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
100. A negative.
101. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
102. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
103. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
105. Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.
106. A large number or amount.
107. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
108. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
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1. A bottomless gulf or pit.
2. Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC).
3. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
4. A master's degree in business.
5. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
6. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
7. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
8. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
9. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
10. The sixth month of the civil year.
11. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
12. A shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot.
13. A Russian vehicle (carriage or sled) pulled by three horses abreast.
14. A member of the North American Indian people of Arizona and adjacent Mexico and California.
15. A city of central China.
25. The basic unit of money in Panama.
27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
31. Two items of the same kind.
33. Born out of wedlock.
36. A coming to an end of a contract period.
38. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
39. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
41. Shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed.
42. Wholly absorbed as in thought.
44. State in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal.
46. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
47. A New England state.
50. An appearance of reflected light.
52. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
53. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
54. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
55. Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in Eastern spiritual values (1877-1962).
56. An extra or repeated performance.
58. Boas and pythons.
60. Strong and sharp.
67. The basic unit of length adopted under the System International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards).
72. American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758).
73. An intuitive awareness.
75. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
77. Being ten more than eighty.
78. Inability to walk.
82. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
83. Poor enough to need help from others.
85. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
86. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
87. A public promotion of some product or service.
89. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
90. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
91. A tight-fitting headdress.
92. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
93. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
94. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
96. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
97. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
98. A public promotion of some product or service.
99. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
104. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
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