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1. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals.
4. Of a pale purple color.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
16. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
17. A Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India.
18. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
19. An accidental happening.
20. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
21. A Chinese puzzle consisting of a square divided into seven pieces that must be arranged to match particular designs.
23. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
25. A daughter of your brother or sister.
27. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
29. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
30. 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.
32. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
34. Young sheep.
36. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
39. Baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables.
42. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
43. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
45. The third month of the civil year.
47. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
48. Mature male goose.
50. Capital of the state of Montana.
52. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
54. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
57. (Judaism) Not conforming to dietary laws.
60. Distant but within sight.
61. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
62. A compound whose molecules are composed of two identical monomers.
64. Interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by dint of'.
65. A city in southeastern South Korea on the Korean Strait.
68. A person who is being chased.
70. The condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded).
72. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
73. A crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat).
75. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
77. Hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment.
80. The act of escaping physically.
86. Being nine more than forty.
87. (informal) Very tired.
88. Natural qualities or talents.
90. Of or in or relating to the nose.
93. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
94. Very dark black.
95. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
97. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
98. United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861).
99. Avatar of Vishnu.
100. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
101. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
102. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
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1. A native or inhabitant of Finland.
2. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
3. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
4. Having relatively few calories.
5. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
6. A city in southeastern Sweden.
7. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
8. United States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955).
9. (Norse mythology) Giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom.
10. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
11. Having much flesh (especially fat).
12. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
13. Hit hard.
14. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
15. German industrialist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948).
22. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. All the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins.
28. Soft blue-gray mineral.
31. Of or relating to the Iberian peninsula or its inhabitants.
33. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
35. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
37. A Loloish language.
38. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
40. Coming into existence.
41. (Phoenician) A fertility goddess.
44. A city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva.
46. An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae.
49. German physicist and chemist who formulated the third law of thermodynamics (1864-1941).
51. Class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle.
53. Elegant and stylish.
55. Conforming to truth.
56. A three-tone Chadic language.
58. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
59. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
63. A doctor's degree in education.
66. A group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean.
67. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
69. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
71. A person who participates in a meeting.
74. South American cavy.
76. Undo the ties of.
78. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
79. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula.
81. A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane).
82. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
83. Take by theft.
84. A Russian river.
85. An associate degree in nursing.
89. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
91. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
92. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
96. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
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