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1. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
4. The highest level or degree attainable.
8. The compass point that is one point west of southwest.
12. (poetic) Tranquil silence.
16. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
17. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
18. An aromatic balsam.
19. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
20. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
22. A range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline).
25. Have confidence or faith in.
27. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
28. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
30. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
32. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
35. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
37. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
41. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
42. A British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages.
45. English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723).
46. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
48. A technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing).
49. A structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young.
50. Great merriment.
53. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
55. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
56. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
58. Any plant of the genus Erica.
60. A garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing.
62. (Old Testament) A son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel.
64. Being five more than one hundred seventy.
65. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
66. Not out.
67. Having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy.
69. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
70. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
72. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
76. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
77. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
78. Austrian painter influenced by art nouveau (1862-1918).
82. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
87. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
90. Loud confused noise from many sources.
92. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
93. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
94. (informal) Of the highest quality.
95. A saying that widely accepted on its own merits.
97. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
100. (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of the night.
101. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
102. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
103. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
2. At or constituting a border or edge.
3. (South African) An ear of corn.
4. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
5. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
6. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
7. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
8. Any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as.
9. Hours or days of work in a calendar week.
10. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
11. A dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta.
12. Sewn by hand rather than machine.
13. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
14. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
15. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
21. An ancient city is southern Greece.
23. Late time of life.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
29. A white trivalent metallic element.
31. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
33. Something resembling the head of a nail that is used an an ornamental device.
34. Ceremonial elegance and splendor.
36. Rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey.
38. Depressing in character or appearance.
39. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
40. Of or relating to antennae.
43. A young (film) actress who is publicized as a future star.
44. A curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle.
47. A safe place.
51. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
52. A tributary of the Rio Grande.
54. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
57. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
59. Being five more than one hundred forty.
61. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
63. Make numb or insensitive.
68. Formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
71. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
73. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
74. A doctor's degree in optometry.
75. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
79. Incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974.
80. Wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and North Africa having large recurved horns.
81. (trademark) An antacid.
83. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
84. Avatar of Vishnu.
85. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
86. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
88. In bed.
89. A small cake leavened with yeast.
91. The cry made by sheep.
96. Being one more than ten.
98. A public promotion of some product or service.
99. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
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