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1. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
5. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
9. An inhabitant of Lappland.
13. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
16. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. American novelist (1909-1955).
19. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
20. A nonstandard form of American English spoken by some American Black people.
21. Undo the belt of.
22. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
23. Altered from an originally straight condition.
24. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
25. Lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion.
27. Of definite shape and volume.
29. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
31. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
32. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
34. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
36. The eleventh month of the civil year.
37. The capital of Eritrea.
40. (nautical) Of an anchor.
41. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
43. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
46. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
48. Not widely known.
49. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
51. A Loloish language.
53. After the expected or usual time.
55. An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.
56. Australian moundbird.
57. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
58. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
59. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
60. A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times.
62. Not out.
63. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
68. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
70. 16 ounces.
73. Usually good-naturedly mischievous.
76. A populous province in northeastern China.
80. An autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea.
83. A resort city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
85. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
87. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
89. 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).
90. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
91. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
92. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
93. The basic unit of money in Peru.
94. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
95. A small carriage in which a baby or child is pushed around.
96. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
97. A condition requiring relief.
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1. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
2. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
3. Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921).
4. An ill-defined state of irritability and distress.
5. Scale insects.
6. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
7. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
8. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
9. The mints.
10. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
11. A bit with a bar mouthpiece that is designed to combine a curb and snaffle.
12. Any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers.
13. Largest known toad species.
14. A genus of Lamnidae.
15. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
26. A very attractive or seductive looking woman.
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
30. By chance.
33. A person who has general authority over others.
35. (Greek mythology) The Muse of lyric and love poetry.
38. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
39. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.
41. Conducive to peace.
42. A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit.
44. Improved or corrected by critical editing.
45. An organization of military land forces.
47. A port city in southwestern Iran.
50. The outer sole of a shoe or boot.
52. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. By law.
61. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
64. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
65. Relating to or denoting or characteristic of Catalonia or its inhabitants.
66. An antibacterial drug (trade names Rifadin and Rimactane) used to treat tuberculosis.
67. Oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines.
68. A genus of Lamnidae.
69. City in northeast Pakistan.
71. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
72. The unit of frequency.
74. Supported and operated by the government of a state.
75. Member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.
77. A slender double-reed instrument.
78. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
79. A protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers.
81. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
82. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
83. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
86. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
88. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
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