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1. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. A quantity of no importance.
12. Castrate, used with animals.
16. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
17. A city in northwestern Syria.
18. Toward the mouth or oral region.
19. An account describing incidents or events.
20. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
21. Shape anew or differently.
23. Basic principles of the cosmos.
24. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
26. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
28. Imprudently incurring risk.
29. Characterized by unity.
30. A dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap.
33. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
35. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
36. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
37. An ache localized in the middle or inner ear.
41. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
46. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
48. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
49. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
54. The ability to form mental images of things or events.
57. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
58. Someone who races the luge.
60. Irish playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (1871-1909).
61. United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902).
63. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
64. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
65. One of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament.
67. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978).
68. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
71. The capital and principal port of Tunisia.
72. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
73. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib.
76. Having had the bones removed.
78. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
80. Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals.
82. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
83. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
85. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
88. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
92. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
95. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
97. Belonging to some prior time.
98. A French abbot.
100. Make amends for.
101. Wood duck and mandarin duck.
102. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
103. A small cake leavened with yeast.
104. Used in combination.
105. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
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1. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
2. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
3. An epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines.
4. A small usually tarred line of 2 strands.
5. A member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and western Alaska.
6. A city in north central Morocco.
7. Any of various small plant-sucking insects.
8. A genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers.
9. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
10. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
11. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
12. Observe the stars.
13. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
14. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
15. Not only so, but.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. Not having rhyme.
27. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
32. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
34. Erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds.
38. Relating to abdominal delivery.
39. An intermission between the first and second half of a game.
40. Any of various widely distributed beetles.
42. Tropical American vine having roots that hang like cords and cylindrical fruit with a pineapple and banana flavor.
43. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
44. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
45. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
47. A city of central China.
51. A republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971.
52. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
55. Relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island.
56. Extremely cold.
59. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
62. Genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers.
66. One thousandth of a second.
69. Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520).
70. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
74. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
75. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
77. Formed or gathered into a ball.
79. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
81. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
84. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
86. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
87. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
89. Any of various small biting flies.
90. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
91. Immediately following in time or order.
93. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
94. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
96. The seed of the cereal grass.
99. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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