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1. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
4. A woman of refinement.
9. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
13. A three-year law degree.
16. A Nilotic language.
17. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
18. Consistent with fact or reality.
19. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
20. A doctor's degree in education.
21. Of or relating to or containing cerium especially with valence 4.
22. United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961).
23. A master's degree in education.
24. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
26. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
28. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
30. A proposition deducible from basic postulates.
33. A popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountain.
35. An unforeseen obstacle.
37. Desire strongly or persistently.
40. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
45. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect.
54. A resident of Utah.
55. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
56. Old World woody vines.
59. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
60. A nitrogenous substance found in mucous secretions.
63. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
64. The capital and largest city of France.
66. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
68. The template for protein synthesis.
69. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
71. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
73. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
76. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
79. Not only so, but.
85. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
88. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
89. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
91. A slender double-reed instrument.
93. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
94. A pass between mountain peaks.
95. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
96. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
97. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
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1. Used of hooves.
2. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
3. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
4. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
5. A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.
6. Wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta.
7. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
8. A gelatinous substance secreted by plants.
9. A Greek island west of Greece.
10. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
11. Of or relating to walls.
12. Reveal unintentionally.
13. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
15. English monk and scholar (672-735).
25. A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea.
27. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
29. A deficiency of red blood cells.
31. (Greek mythology) The Muse of lyric and love poetry.
32. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
34. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
36. A Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands.
38. Shrubby lichens of the family Usneaceae having a flattened thallus.
39. A member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr peninsula in Siberia.
41. A pause or interruption (as in a conversation).
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
48. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
49. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal.
50. A horse-drawn carriage in India.
52. God of fire.
53. After death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body.
57. An informal term for a father.
58. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
61. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
62. An inflow.
65. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
67. Any final competition to determine a championship.
68. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
70. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
72. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
74. Type genus of the Meliaceae.
75. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
76. An open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food.
77. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
78. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
80. The sixth month of the civil year.
81. A small cake leavened with yeast.
82. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
83. Similar to the color of jade.
84. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
86. The cry made by sheep.
87. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
90. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
92. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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