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1. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
5. The lean flesh of a saltwater fish found it warm waters (especially Hawaii).
13. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
17. The sixth month of the civil year.
18. Too old to be useful.
19. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
20. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
22. Supreme cosmic deity.
23. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
24. The square of a body of any size of type.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. First in order of importance.
30. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
32. Boas and pythons.
37. An associate degree in nursing.
38. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
41. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
42. The music of Chopin.
45. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
47. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
48. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. A doctor who practices veterinary medicine.
52. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
54. A region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps.
57. Morally bad or wrong.
60. A negatively charged atom.
61. A son who has the same first name as his father.
62. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
64. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
65. Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
69. A prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor.
70. Take hold of.
74. (of mines and mining) Worked from the exposed surface.
76. Twining perennial North American plants.
78. Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light.
83. A person to whom money is paid.
86. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
89. A stringed instrument of India.
90. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
91. A microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time.
95. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
96. Being two more than sixty.
97. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
99. (computer science) A graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface.
100. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
101. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
102. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
103. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip).
2. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
3. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
4. Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern.
5. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
6. The eleventh month of the civil year.
7. Small genus of South American trees yielding latex.
8. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
9. Gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth.
10. A fit of shivering.
11. A reddish brown dye used especially on hair.
12. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
13. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
14. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
15. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
16. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
21. Offering fun and gaiety.
26. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
27. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
29. Wood of a pecan tree.
31. Anything that serves as an enticement.
33. A skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research.
34. A leader who stimulates and excites people to action.
35. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
36. The area in which something exists or lives.
39. An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal.
40. Australian evergreen shrubs.
43. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
44. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
46. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
51. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
53. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
55. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.
56. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
58. Any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-gray in color.
59. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
63. One thousand grams.
66. A long-playing phonograph record.
67. Mostly black African weaverbird.
68. One related on the mother's side.
71. A small piece of cloth.
72. Any plant of the genus Episcia.
73. Analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence).
75. A member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called pueblos by the Spanish because they live in villages built of adobe and rock.
77. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
79. A state in the eastern United States.
80. A city in central New York.
81. Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp.
82. A particular environment or walk of life.
84. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
85. Noisy talk.
86. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
87. (computer science) A unit for measuring the execution speed of computers.
88. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
89. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
92. Being nine more than thirty.
93. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
94. A light touch or stroke.
98. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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