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1. Having only superficial plausibility.
4. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
9. The 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
13. A humorous play on words.
16. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
17. A city in southeastern South Korea.
18. (prefix) Within.
19. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
20. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
22. (Judaism) A shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner.
24. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
25. An elaborate song for solo voice.
26. Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
28. The aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales.
30. Kauri pine.
32. Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).
34. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
36. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
38. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
41. Small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants.
46. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
47. Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation.
50. Confused movement.
52. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
56. Type genus of the Amiidae.
57. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
59. British statesman and leader of the Labour party who instituted the welfare state in England (1883-1967).
60. Long bench with backs.
61. (medieval legends) The nephew of King Mark of Cornwall who fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other.
64. Bring something new to an environment.
66. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
67. A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something.
70. By bad luck.
71. Before noon.
72. A South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow flowers.
74. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
75. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
77. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
79. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
80. United States astronomer (1835-1909).
83. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
86. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
90. A genus of Indriidae.
91. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
94. Deadly or sinister.
96. The foot of a human being.
97. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
100. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
101. A transuranic element.
102. Jordan's port.
103. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
104. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
3. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
4. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
5. (Greek mythology) A maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers.
6. The limits within which something can be effective.
7. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
8. A natural protective covering of the body.
9. A race between teams.
10. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
11. (informal) Very bad.
12. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
13. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
14. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
15. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
21. The dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plants.
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
27. An expression of greeting.
29. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
31. A human limb.
33. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
35. A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters.
37. Terminate before completion, as of a computer process, a mission, etc..
39. (anatomy) Of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium.
40. A mountainous island in eastern Indonesia.
42. A volcanic island (part of Campania) in the Tyrrhenian Sea at the north end of the Bay of Naples.
43. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
44. Lie adjacent to another.
45. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
48. Half the width of an em.
49. United States poet (1885-1928).
51. African antelope with ridged curved horns.
53. The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac.
54. A general conscious awareness.
55. A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
58. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
62. An incompetent person.
63. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
65. Leave voluntarily.
68. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
69. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
73. A Russian vehicle (carriage or sled) pulled by three horses abreast.
76. Covered with water.
78. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
81. Divisible by two.
82. A small cake leavened with yeast.
84. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
85. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
86. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
87. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
88. City in eastern Belgium.
89. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
92. A light touch or stroke.
93. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
95. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
98. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
99. Informal terms for a mother.
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