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1. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
4. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
9. Twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes.
13. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
16. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
17. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
18. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
19. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
20. Not of long duration.
21. A city in west central Washington on an arm of Puget Sound south of Seattle.
23. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
24. A rapid bustling commotion.
25. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
27. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
30. Slang for `drunk'.
32. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
34. Porridge made of rolled oats.
37. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
40. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
41. The mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations.
45. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
46. Before noon.
47. Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward.
49. A small spineless globe-shaped cactus.
51. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
53. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
54. The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac.
56. United States comedian.
57. A person of exceptional importance and reputation.
59. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
61. 100 puls equal 1 afghani.
62. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
63. A vigorous blow.
66. A region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells).
68. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
70. A heavenly place (peaceful and beautiful) where those who are favored by the gods can go when they die.
73. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
74. Suggestive of the supernatural.
75. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
76. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
77. Consisting of or made of cedar.
82. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
85. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
87. Eaten as mush or as a thin gruel.
91. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
95. A city of central China.
96. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
97. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
99. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
100. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
101. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
102. A small cake leavened with yeast.
103. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
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1. A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities.
2. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
3. A power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt).
4. A stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. A streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine.
7. Small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color.
8. A man of English descent.
9. An expression of greeting.
10. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
11. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
12. A chronic drinker.
13. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
14. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
15. A group of countries in special alliance.
22. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
26. A genus of Pleuronectidae.
28. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
29. Annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages.
31. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
33. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
35. One of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones.
36. A Bantu language.
38. Fast-growing tree of India and East Indies yielding a wood used especially for building.
39. Give encouragement to.
42. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
43. Having been read.
44. A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck.
48. On the contrary.
50. Joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ.
52. Earnest or urgent request.
55. Ruffed grouse.
58. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
60. An assertion of a right (as to money or property).
64. (often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous.
65. Type genus of the Glareolidae.
67. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
69. Type genus of the Lycaenidae.
70. A stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle.
71. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
72. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
78. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
79. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
80. A public promotion of some product or service.
81. English monk and scholar (672-735).
83. The capital of Western Samoa.
84. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
86. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
88. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
89. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
90. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
92. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
93. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
94. Tag the base runner to get him out.
98. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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