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1. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
4. A disreputable vagrant.
9. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
13. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
18. A Loloish language.
19. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
24. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
26. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
28. An informal conversation.
29. A foot traveler.
30. Lowest in rank or importance.
31. Indigo bush.
32. An electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged.
36. A genus of bee.
40. A short synopsis.
41. (used of arms and legs) Bent outward with the joint away from the body.
44. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
45. A concave molding.
47. Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
48. A Russian unit of length (1.067 km).
50. A person who hates.
51. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
54. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
55. Speak one's opinion without fear or hesitation.
56. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
58. 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.
59. An investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate asssets.
62. Water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs.
64. Causing alarm or fear.
68. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
69. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
71. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
73. Type genus of the family Zygnemataceae.
76. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
77. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
80. Powdery starch from certain sago palms.
83. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
87. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
88. A republic on the Isthmus of Panama.
92. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
94. In bed.
96. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
97. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
98. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
99. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
100. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
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1. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
4. A state in east central United States.
5. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
6. With rapid movements.
7. One species.
8. Buildings for carrying on industrial labor.
9. Covered with paving material.
10. Jordan's port.
11. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
12. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
13. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
14. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
15. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
21. Any substance that can cause an allergy.
23. A radioactive transuranic element.
25. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
27. One who practices magic or sorcery.
33. (astronomy) The point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited.
34. Type genus of the Gentianaceae.
35. The 11 southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
37. Mixtures of vinegar or wine and oil with various spices and seasonings.
38. Of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen.
39. In actual fact.
42. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
43. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
46. A British doctorate.
49. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
52. Animal food for browsing or grazing.
53. A member of an American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles.
57. 1/1000 gram.
60. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
61. (informal British usage) Aggravation or aggression.
63. Any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers.
64. A state in east central United States.
65. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
66. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
67. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
70. (classical architecture) A molding for a cornice.
72. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
74. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
75. Greek mythology.
78. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
79. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
81. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
82. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
84. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
85. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
86. A town in north central Oklahoma.
89. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
90. Tag the base runner to get him out.
91. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
93. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
95. Half the width of an em.
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