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1. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
4. Any taillike structure.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. A flexible container with a single opening.
16. Being one more than two.
17. Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.
18. In bed.
19. Not in good physical or mental health.
20. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
22. Having unattractive thinness.
24. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
26. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
27. The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one.
29. A horse-drawn carriage in India.
31. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
33. A coniferous tree.
34. A member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi.
37. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. A tight-fitting headdress.
42. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
43. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
45. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
46. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
48. Squash bugs.
50. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
51. Having a pleasant taste (as of sugar).
53. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
56. The waging of armed conflict against an enemy.
57. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
60. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
62. Toward the mouth or oral region.
63. A resort city in western Florida.
64. A short personal letter.
65. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
69. An unforeseen obstacle.
70. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
71. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
72. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
74. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
75. 1 species.
78. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
80. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
83. An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance.
85. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
89. A hard green Swiss cheese made with skim-milk curd and flavored with clover.
92. A bit with a bar mouthpiece that is designed to combine a curb and snaffle.
94. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
95. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
96. The largest of the four main islands of Japan.
98. Point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch).
99. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
100. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
101. (Philippine) A dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish.
102. Pale gray.
103. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon.
2. The basic unit of money in Iran.
3. Achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods.
4. A New England state.
5. Of or relating to Austria or its people or culture.
6. A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue.
7. Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime.
8. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
9. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
10. Make amends for.
11. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
12. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
13. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
14. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
15. Great brightness.
21. Get off (a horse).
23. Having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat.
25. Wool of the alpaca.
28. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
30. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
32. The father of your father or mother.
35. (formerly) A horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to door.
36. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
39. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
40. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
43. A stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the shins.
44. The work of carting.
47. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
49. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
52. (Greek mythology) The Muse of lyric and love poetry.
54. The atmosphere above a nation and deemed to be under its jurisdiction.
55. A genus of Lamnidae.
58. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
59. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
61. A natural body passageway.
66. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
67. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
68. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
73. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
76. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
77. A city in southern Finland.
79. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
81. Type genus of the Majidae.
82. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
84. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
86. Framework for holding objects.
87. A slender double-reed instrument.
88. A quantity of no importance.
90. The supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe.
91. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
93. The residue that remains when something is burned.
97. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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