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1. A very troublesome child.
5. God of love and erotic desire.
9. A Loloish language.
13. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
16. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
17. Very dark black.
18. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
19. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
20. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
21. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
22. Fallow deer.
23. Inquire about.
24. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
25. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
27. Greek mythology.
29. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
31. Large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox.
35. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
40. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
41. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
43. English monk and scholar (672-735).
47. A university town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River north of Bangor.
48. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
50. Marked by utter benignity.
52. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
53. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
54. Included seven times in every 19 years.
56. (bridge) A bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand).
59. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
61. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
62. A heavenly place (peaceful and beautiful) where those who are favored by the gods can go when they die.
63. A fraudulent business scheme.
64. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
65. A member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and western Alaska.
66. American novelist (1909-1955).
68. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
70. A Mid-Atlantic state.
71. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
72. A Russian river.
76. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
80. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
82. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
85. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
89. Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
90. A motley assortment of things.
92. Place a value on.
94. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
95. Used of a single unit or thing.
96. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
98. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
99. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
100. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
101. Avatar of Vishnu.
102. Being precisely fitting and right.
103. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. The basic unit of money in Iran.
3. An elaborate song for solo voice.
4. A famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813).
5. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. (nontechnical usage) A tiny piece of anything.
8. Type genus of the Anatidae.
9. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
10. African mahogany trees.
11. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
12. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
15. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
26. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
28. Congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters).
30. Informal terms for a mother.
32. The act of removing.
33. Highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic.
34. In bed.
36. Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come.
37. Polished and well-groomed.
38. Uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting.
39. Coins collectively.
42. Connected with or belonging to or used in a navy.
44. Pass by, as of time.
45. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
46. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
51. Agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears.
55. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
57. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
58. A hidden drawback.
60. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
67. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
69. Genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs.
70. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
73. To or from every one of two or more (considered individually).
74. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
75. Speak in a nasal voice.
77. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
78. Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
79. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
81. State in northeastern India.
83. Minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root.
84. Of or relating to or involving an area.
86. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
87. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
88. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
91. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
93. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
97. Before noon.
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