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1. United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885).
5. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
9. An informal term for a father.
13. Of southern Europe.
16. A three-tone Chadic language.
17. The sixth month of the civil year.
18. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
19. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
20. Using speech rather than writing.
21. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
22. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
23. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
24. United States physicist (born in Austria) who proposed the exclusion principle (thus providing a theoretical basis for the periodic table) (1900-1958).
26. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
28. A green transparent form of beryl.
30. Having the slant of a bevel.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. Small depression under the shoulder joint where the arm joins the shoulder.
35. A customary way of operation or behavior.
38. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
40. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
41. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
42. Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of.
45. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca.
46. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
49. The month following March and preceding May.
51. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
52. The visual property of something that shines with reflected light.
53. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
54. The act of taking something from someone unlawfully.
57. (of light) Lacking in intensity or brightness.
59. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
63. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
64. Of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country.
66. Given official approval to act.
68. Take control of.
69. The basic unit of money in Iran.
72. Unknown god.
73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. Of or relating to the group of Semitic languages.
76. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
78. A populous province of south central China.
79. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
83. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
85. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
86. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
90. A branch of the Tai languages.
91. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
93. A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia).
96. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
98. A master's degree in business.
99. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
100. A surface burn.
101. Fallow deer.
102. Tag the base runner to get him out.
103. Having much flesh (especially fat).
104. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
105. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
106. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The event of something ending.
2. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
3. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
4. Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I.
5. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
6. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
7. A group of islands in the southeastern West Indies.
8. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
9. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
10. Make amends for.
11. Of first rank or importance or value.
12. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
13. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
14. Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
15. A genus of Ploceidae.
25. Constituting the undiminished entirety.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania.
31. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
33. Of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions.
36. Express the same message in different words.
37. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
39. An electrically charged particle.
43. A neutral middle vowel.
44. A bluish shade of green.
46. Wool of the alpaca.
47. Someone who guards prisoners.
48. Relating to or being within or near the inner side or limit.
50. The terminal section of the alimentary canal.
55. Not excessive or extreme.
56. A bachelor's degree in architecture.
58. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
60. Half the width of an em.
61. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
62. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
65. A person disposed to take a favorable view of things.
67. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
70. Expected hopefully.
71. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
75. Relating to or having the characteristics on an icon.
76. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
77. A state in northwestern North America.
80. A genus of Lamnidae.
81. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
82. Jordan's port.
84. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
85. Fiddler crabs.
87. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
88. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
89. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
92. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
93. (informal) Of the highest quality.
94. A transuranic element.
95. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
97. A decree that prohibits something.
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