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1. A small piece of cloth.
4. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
9. (informal) A bunch.
13. Standard temperature and pressure.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
18. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
19. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
20. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
22. A building where animals are butchered.
25. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
26. Chinese ephedra yielding ephedrine.
28. A song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation).
30. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
36. Informal terms for a mother.
38. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
40. State in northeastern India.
41. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
45. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
47. The person who steers a ship.
50. Extremely robust.
51. A skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law v 1.
52. The sign language used in the United States.
53. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
54. Channel into a new direction.
55. Gone by.
57. Of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky.
61. A European river.
63. A white powder with a pleasant taste and odor.
64. With rapid movements.
66. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
69. Eaten as mush or as a thin gruel.
71. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
72. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
73. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
75. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
77. A choice or delicious dish.
79. An indication of approved or superior status.
83. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
86. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
90. God of wealth and love.
91. A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle.
94. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
96. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
97. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
98. A person of unquestioning obedience.
100. Cry weakly or softly.
101. The sound made by a gentle blow.
102. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
103. An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
104. Not in action or at work.
105. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
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1. A Hindu prince or king in India.
2. (biology) Having or resembling wings.
3. Rip off.
4. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
5. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
6. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
7. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
8. The practice of living without clothes for reasons of health.
9. In the near future.
10. Urged social reform in 19th century England.
11. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
12. An uproarious party.
13. Spherical gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies.
14. A native American tent.
15. A formal expression of praise.
21. A cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin).
23. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
24. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
27. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
29. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
31. Being one more than one hundred.
32. A large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas.
33. Used in an attack.
34. An inactive volcano in western Cameroon.
35. Any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juice.
37. Relating to or characteristic of an apogee.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
42. A plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate.
43. A hard protective sheath as secreted by certain protoctists e.g..
44. Deciduous horn of a member of the deer family.
46. Of or relating to the Sioux people or their language and culture.
48. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
49. A Mid-Atlantic state.
56. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
58. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
59. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
62. Of or relating to Slavic languages.
65. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
67. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
68. A durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color.
69. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
70. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
74. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
76. Dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid.
78. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
80. A republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola.
81. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
82. A resort city in western Florida.
84. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
85. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
87. A French abbot.
88. A member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia.
89. In bed.
92. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
93. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
95. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
99. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
100. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
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