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1. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
4. Remove gas from.
9. A thrusting blow with a knife.
13. The bill in a restaurant.
16. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
17. A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge.
18. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
19. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
20. The basic unit of money in Iran.
22. Evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. An island in Antigua and Barbuda.
27. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
28. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
29. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
30. Tropical Asian starlings.
32. Being nine more than ninety.
34. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
36. United States poet and critic (1916-1986).
40. A genus of Ploceidae.
46. Set down according to a plan.
47. The content of cognition.
50. Practice venesection.
52. A master's degree in fine arts.
53. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
54. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
55. Administer an oil or ointment to.
57. Worthy of imitation.
59. Used of automobiles.
62. Cause to go somewhere.
64. Not final or absolute.
65. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
66. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
68. United States poet and critic (1899-1979).
69. United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861).
70. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
71. An associate degree in nursing.
72. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
73. A stock exchange in New York.
78. Pierce with a sharp stake or point.
83. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
87. Outstanding United States tennis player (born in 1952).
89. Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
91. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
92. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
93. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
95. Again but in a new or different way.
96. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
97. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
98. A city in Veneto.
99. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
100. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
2. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
3. Jordan's port.
4. An honorary degree in science.
5. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
6. United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990).
7. Of or relating to or involving an area.
8. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
9. German romantic composer known for piano music and songs (1810-1856).
10. A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage.
11. (used especially of glances) Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy.
12. A bachelor's degree in science.
13. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
14. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
15. A port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production.
21. Gull family.
23. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
24. Draw in by breathing.
31. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. (superlative of `near' or `nigh') Most near.
37. A rate that is rapid.
38. A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound.
39. Consider as ideal.
41. A benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin.
42. Be a sign or indication of.
43. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. Concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement.
48. A state in New England.
49. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
51. Very large white gannet with black wing tips.
56. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
58. Genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers.
60. A port city in southwestern Iran.
61. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
63. 1 species.
67. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
74. Transient cessation of respiration.
75. Type genus of the Percidae.
76. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
77. A state in New England.
79. A disdainful pouting grimace.
80. Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines.
81. God of love and erotic desire.
82. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
83. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
84. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
85. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
86. A city in northern India.
88. An honorary degree in science.
90. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
94. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
95. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
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