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1. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
4. Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales.
9. A short theatrical episode.
13. An associate degree in applied science.
16. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
17. Excluded from use or mention.
18. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
19. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
20. The amount a salary is increased.
22. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
24. A Bantu language spoken in southern coastal Tanzania.
26. Small space in a tissue or part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing.
28. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
29. Having the head uncovered.
30. Relating to or lying near the palate.
32. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
33. The sixth month of the civil year.
36. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
37. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
39. Attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates.
42. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. A state in midwestern United States.
46. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
49. Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth.
52. Make anew.
53. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
55. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
56. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
58. An agricultural laborer in Arab countries.
60. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
61. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
64. (sometimes followed by `to') Causing harm or injury.
66. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
67. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
68. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
71. Type genus of the Ranidae.
72. Resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous.
75. (Babylonian) Earth goddess.
78. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
79. So adjusted as to be appropriate or brought into harmony.
80. Money that is risked for possible monetary gain.
84. A name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped.
87. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
90. Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.
91. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
95. Towards the side away from the wind.
96. Any plant of the genus Erica.
98. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
100. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
101. A decree that prohibits something.
102. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
103. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
104. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
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1. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
2. A deep prolonged loud noise.
3. Soft creamy white cheese.
4. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
5. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. Erect plant with small clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers of southwestern United States.
8. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
9. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
10. The largest city in Pakistan.
11. Being one more than three.
12. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
13. South American cavy.
14. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
15. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
21. Having or denoting a high range.
23. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
25. Bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body.
27. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
31. Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop.
34. A person appointed or elected to represent others v 1.
35. A port city in southwestern Iran.
38. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
40. Pioneer of non-Euclidean geometry (1826-1866).
41. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
47. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
48. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
50. A quantity of no importance.
51. A crime syndicate in the United States.
54. A cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg.
57. Not final or absolute.
59. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
62. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
63. British slang.
65. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
69. Having few if any teeth.
70. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
73. Of or relating to or suitable for Lent.
74. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
76. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
77. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
81. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
82. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed.
83. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
85. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
86. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
88. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
89. Type genus of the Anatidae.
92. (Irish) The sea personified.
93. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
94. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
97. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
99. One thousand periods per second.
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