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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
9. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
13. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
16. The cry made by sheep.
17. Any plant of the genus Erica.
18. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
19. A doctor's degree in education.
20. (Irish) The sea personified.
21. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
22. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
23. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
24. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
27. Of or relating to or associated with the moon.
30. Having a gradual increase in width.
32. Small genus of Eurasian herbs.
34. Give pleasure to.
37. A motley assortment of things.
41. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
42. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
46. Of or relating to or caused by streptococci.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. Similar or related in quality or character.
51. A small hard fruit.
52. A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together.
55. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
56. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
57. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
58. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
59. A young woman.
61. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
63. A musical composition of several movements only loosely connected.
65. Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus.
66. Type genus of the Anatidae.
67. Caused to show discomposure.
69. A Russian river.
72. Pull back or move away or backward.
73. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
77. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
79. The side of an object that is opposite its front.
82. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
87. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
88. Breathing device consisting of a bent tube fitting into a swimmer's mouth and extending above the surface.
90. An attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player.
91. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
92. (nautical) Of an anchor.
93. A large oven for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks.
95. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
96. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
97. Tropical Asian starlings.
98. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
99. Being one more than nine.
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1. A bachelor's degree in library science.
2. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
3. A bottle with a stopper.
4. God of the earth.
5. A country north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea.
6. A major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate.
7. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
8. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
9. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
10. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
11. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
12. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
13. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
14. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
15. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
25. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
28. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
29. East Indian flying squirrel.
31. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
33. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
35. A red soil produced by rock decay.
36. A thrusting blow with a knife.
38. (trademark) A thermosetting plastic used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc..
39. Having life or vigor or spirit.
40. The largest of Jupiter's satellites.
43. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
44. A port city in southwestern Iran.
45. The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one.
47. A rational motive for a belief or action.
49. Made of fir or pine.
53. South African term for `boss'.
54. Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.).
60. A light informal meal.
62. A small cake leavened with yeast.
64. Having removed clothing.
68. Nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication.
69. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
70. Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings.
71. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
74. State in northeastern India.
75. Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..
76. Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin.
77. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
78. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
80. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
81. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
83. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
84. Make editorial changes (in a text).
85. A unit of length equal to 1760 yards.
86. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
89. The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
94. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
95. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
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