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1. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
4. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
9. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
13. A doctor's degree in theology.
16. Seed of a pea plant.
17. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
18. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
19. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
20. Dyed with henna.
22. Woody tissue.
24. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
25. The capital of Western Samoa.
27. Of or related to or derived from oats.
29. A rapid bustling commotion.
32. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
33. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
34. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
36. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
38. Thick end of the handle.
40. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
41. A member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado river.
43. Of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language.
46. Baby bed with high sides.
50. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
51. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
52. An expression of greeting.
53. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
54. In truth (often tends to intensify).
59. Being or of the nature of an ovule.
61. A British peer of the highest rank.
63. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
64. To break off a military action with an enemy.
66. Look with amazement.
67. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
68. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
69. Largest crested screamer.
71. Aimlessly drifting.
73. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
75. Any plant of the genus Erica.
77. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
78. Either of a pair of ear coverings (usually connected by a headband) that are worn to keep the ears warm in cold weather.
82. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
84. Be inherent in something.
87. An airfoil that controls lateral motion.
92. Any thick messy substance.
93. A festival featuring African-American culture.
96. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
97. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
98. Steering mechanism for a vessel.
99. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
101. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
102. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
103. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
104. Not only so, but.
105. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
2. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
3. East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks.
4. A state of southwestern India.
5. Employed in accomplishing something.
6. A boy or man.
7. A state in northwestern North America.
8. Offering fun and gaiety.
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
10. A person who eats human flesh.
11. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
12. A visual presentation showing how something works.
13. The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
15. An Italian woman of rank.
21. A quantity of no importance.
23. Not in good physical or mental health.
26. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
28. The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Aztec people.
30. Not in operation or operational.
31. Wood of a pecan tree.
35. Accomplishment of an objective.
37. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
39. Affectedly dainty or refined.
42. A city in Veneto.
44. (Assyrian and Babylonian) The chief sun god.
45. A member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota.
47. Any plant of the genus Inula.
48. A field game played with a ball (especially baseball).
49. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
55. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
56. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
57. A shade of brown with a tinge of red.
58. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
62. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
65. A professional cook.
70. A city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making sherry.
72. Any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus.
73. The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.
74. A member of a Hindu people descended from Brahmins and Rajputs who live in Nepal.
76. Being nine more than forty.
79. Small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color.
80. A parallelogram with four equal sides.
81. (comparative of `few' used with count nouns) Quantifier meaning a smaller number of.
83. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
85. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
86. Posing no difficulty.
88. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
89. The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
90. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
91. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
94. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
95. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
100. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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