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1. A chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck.
5. The worship of devils (especially Satan).
13. A French abbot.
17. Morally bad or wrong.
18. A genus of Colubridae.
19. A large quantity of written matter.
20. A port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic.
22. A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way.
23. A small island.
24. Pretentious or silly talk or writing.
27. Feelings of excessive pride.
29. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
31. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
32. The word class that qualifies verbs or clauses.
34. An anniversary of the day on which a person was born.
37. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
38. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
41. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
44. A row of unravelled stitches.
46. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
47. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
49. An associate degree in nursing.
50. (informal) Of the highest quality.
55. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
57. Small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs.
60. United States writer (1871-1900).
62. An advanced law degree.
63. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
64. Malicious burning to destroy property.
66. Informal terms for a mother.
71. Any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers.
74. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
77. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
78. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
80. Mountain goats.
83. A skin problem marked by the development (on the eyelids and neck and back) of irregular yellow nodules.
87. Young sheep.
88. Afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement.
90. Any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors.
91. Rounded like an egg.
92. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
93. Deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia.
95. (Irish) The sea personified.
96. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
97. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
98. Very small.
99. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. A group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans.
2. Report or maintain.
3. Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions.
4. From 2 million to 13 million years ago.
5. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
6. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
7. A light-weight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun.
8. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
9. Relating to the belt or region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast, as in "neritic fauna".
10. Extremely robust.
11. A step to one side (as in boxing or dancing).
12. The month following April and preceding June.
13. An elaborate song for solo voice.
14. Genus of North American spring wildflowers.
15. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
16. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
21. Resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers.
25. A white trivalent metallic element.
26. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
28. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
30. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
33. Comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia.
35. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
36. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. A fine closely woven cotton fabric.
42. A tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs.
43. An amine containing the double bond linkage -C=C-N-.
45. Membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth.
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
52. Without qualification.
53. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
54. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
56. Having winglike extensions.
58. Speaking a Slavic language.
59. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
61. Half the width of an em.
65. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
67. Of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain.
68. Genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers.
69. A mountain range in China.
70. A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion.
71. An elaborate song for solo voice.
72. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
73. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
75. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
76. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
79. Put to use.
81. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
82. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
84. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
85. Dignified manner or conduct.
86. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
89. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
90. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
94. An expression of greeting.
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