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1. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
4. Low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage.
9. Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887).
13. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
16. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
17. Collect or gather.
18. A very light brown.
19. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
20. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
21. Informal terms for dogs.
22. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
23. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
24. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
26. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
28. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
29. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
32. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. A pointed projection.
40. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
44. An acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord.
47. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
48. A diuretic (trade name Osmitrol) used to promote the excretion of urine.
52. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
53. A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity.
54. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
55. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
56. Food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again.
57. A large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet.
58. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
61. Of or relating to or near the nares.
64. City in eastern Belgium.
66. A port city in southwestern Iran.
67. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
68. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
70. Half the width of an em.
72. Closed with a lace.
74. A large oven for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks.
76. 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.
77. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
79. An intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving.
80. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
84. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
86. Made by polymerizing butadiene.
89. Proboscis worms.
92. A mine where coal is dug from the ground.
94. Grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units.
95. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
96. Black tropical American cuckoo.
97. Any plant of the genus Inula.
99. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
100. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
101. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
102. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
103. A sign of something about to happen.
104. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
2. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
5. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
6. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
7. A dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin.
8. (Assyrian) Chief god of the Assyrians.
9. Type genus of the family Lepadidae.
10. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
11. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
12. A dry swab for dusting floors.
13. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
14. A genus of Lamnidae.
15. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
25. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
27. The location of something surrounded by other things.
29. The capital city of Vietnam.
31. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
33. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
35. Pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit.
37. An associate degree in applied science.
39. Cover with ice or snow or a glacier.
41. Sweet flags.
42. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
43. Relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area.
45. A large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil.
46. A large number or amount.
49. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
50. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
51. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
59. In bed.
60. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
62. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
63. Someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall.
65. Widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers.
69. (informal) Of the highest quality.
71. Serving during an intermediate interval of time.
72. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
73. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
75. The fine downy hair covering a human fetus.
78. A river in eastern France.
79. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
81. Affect with wonder.
82. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
83. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
85. A sudden short attack.
87. (Sumerian) Sun god.
88. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
90. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
91. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
92. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
93. Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top.
98. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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