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1. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
4. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
9. Largest known toad species.
13. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
16. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
17. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
18. Water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs.
19. The fatty flesh of eel.
20. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
21. Herbs, shrubs and trees.
23. A short sleep (usually not in bed).
25. Jordan's port.
27. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
29. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
32. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
34. English monk and scholar (672-735).
35. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
36. A doctor's degree in music.
39. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
42. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
45. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
46. Son of Zeus and Europa.
49. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
50. An honorary degree in science.
51. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
52. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
53. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
55. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
58. A public promotion of some product or service.
59. A long-playing phonograph record.
61. A unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere.
62. A country on western coast of Africa.
65. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
67. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
68. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
69. The compass point that is midway between north and northwest.
70. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
73. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
74. Of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy.
77. Characterized by friendship and good will.
80. A resource.
81. (Irish) Ancient Irish god (probably a god of the sun).
83. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
84. A genus of Ploceidae.
89. A state in midwestern United States.
90. Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet.
93. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
94. A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators.
97. (Greek mythology) The Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry.
98. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
99. In bed.
100. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
102. Family based on male descent.
103. The residue that remains when something is burned.
104. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
105. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
106. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
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1. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
2. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
3. Someone whose business is advertising.
4. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
7. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
8. (British colloquialism) An excavation.
9. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
10. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
11. Unwind or untwist.
12. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
13. (classical mythology) A mythical being that is half man and half horse.
14. Meat from a calf.
15. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
22. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
24. Pretentious or silly talk or writing.
26. A hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide).
28. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
30. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
31. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
33. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
37. Of or relating to the stars or constellations.
38. Give a description of.
40. The god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami.
41. The holy city of Shiite Muslims.
43. (Greek legend) The greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold.
44. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
47. A quantity of no importance.
48. A deep bow.
54. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.
56. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
57. Make synchronous and adjust in time or manner.
60. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
63. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
64. A town in north central Oklahoma.
66. (informal) Exceptionally good.
71. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
72. A case used to carry belongings when traveling.
73. (classical mythology) A mythical being that is half man and half horse.
75. (Akkadian) Mother of the gods and consort of Apsu.
76. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
78. Set up for use.
79. American singer (1918-1990).
82. Relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area.
85. Type genus of the Anatidae.
86. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
87. (South African) A journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers).
88. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
91. Tropical Asian starlings.
92. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
95. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
96. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
101. Being one more than one hundred.
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