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1. 10 grams.
4. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
9. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
13. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
16. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
17. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
18. Informal terms for money.
19. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
20. The mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations.
22. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
24. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
25. North American bluebirds.
27. English monk and scholar (672-735).
29. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
31. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
33. A relation that provides the foundation for something.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. A licensed medical practitioner.
39. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
42. Type genus of the Rubiaceae.
46. Not only so, but.
47. An associate degree in nursing.
48. Legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
49. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
50. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
54. A Loloish language.
55. Capital of Armenia.
57. Of a yellowish brown color similar to olive drab n.
59. Take in solid food.
60. Relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing.
61. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
63. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
64. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
65. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
69. A populous province in northeastern China.
71. A Russian river.
74. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
75. Informal terms for clothing.
77. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
78. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
80. A Russian river.
81. The superior of a group of nuns.
86. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
89. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
90. United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931).
92. A small cake leavened with yeast.
95. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
96. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
97. Something twisted and tight and swollen.
98. Slightly open.
100. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
101. Gone by.
102. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
103. An associate degree in applied science.
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1. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
2. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
3. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
4. An acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal).
5. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
6. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
7. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
8. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
9. Jordan's port.
10. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
11. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
12. Undergo resorption.
13. Of the color of any of various natural brown earth pigments n 1.
14. A member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California.
15. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
21. Usually good-naturedly mischievous.
23. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
26. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
28. Hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan.
30. A primeval personification of air and breath.
32. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
34. Granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains.
35. Spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth.
37. Make off with belongings of others.
40. A substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid).
41. Not in a state of sleep.
43. A motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame.
44. Drawn into the lungs.
45. Kauri pine.
51. (with `in') Guardianship over.
52. Gull-like jaeger of northern seas.
53. The location of something surrounded by other things.
56. The provincial capital of Veneto.
58. Of a moderate orange-yellow color.
62. The time of life between the ages of 12 and 20.
66. The site of an archeological exploration.
67. Scottish historian who wrote about the French Revolution (1795-1881).
68. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
70. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
72. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
73. A change for the better.
74. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
76. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
79. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
80. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
82. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
83. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
84. Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward.
85. A Hindu prince or king in India.
87. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
88. South African term for `boss'.
91. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
93. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
94. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
99. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
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