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1. The herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis.
4. A medium to dark brownish yellow color.
9. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
13. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
16. Being one more than forty.
17. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
18. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
19. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
20. A small flute.
22. Natural qualities or talents.
24. The federal department that administers federal program dealing with better housing and urban renewal.
25. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
26. 16 ounces.
27. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
29. Worthy of reliance or trust.
32. A card game for 2 players.
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
38. From 40 million to 58 million years ago.
40. Unable to relax or be still.
44. English pianist (1890-1965).
45. Being nine more than ninety.
48. Informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions.
51. A city in northwestern Syria.
52. One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs.
53. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
54. A Mid-Atlantic state.
55. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
56. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
57. Of or relating to the lips of the mouth.
60. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
62. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
64. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
66. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
67. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
74. A group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting).
76. A town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River.
78. Web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas.
80. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
83. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
84. The room in the palace of a native prince of India in which audiences and receptions occur.
86. (Phoenician and Philistine) God of agriculture and the earth.
90. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
91. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
94. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
96. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
97. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
99. American novelist (1909-1955).
100. Flat tableland with steep edges.
101. A notable achievement.
102. Either extremity of something that has length.
103. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
104. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
105. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display.
2. A sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption.
3. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
4. A rapid bustling commotion.
5. 1,000 millimes equal 1 dinar.
6. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
7. Half the width of an em.
8. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
9. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
10. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
11. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
12. The products of human creativity.
13. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
14. The state of being unsure of something.
15. A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes.
21. United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910).
23. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
28. Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955.
30. United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression (1895-1965).
31. Anything that serves as an enticement.
33. A radioactive transuranic element.
35. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
37. Two items of the same kind.
39. Money in the form of bills or coins.
41. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
42. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
43. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
45. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
46. Annual or perennial grasses of warm regions.
47. Southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves.
49. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
50. (Irish) The sea personified.
58. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
59. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
61. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
63. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
65. Scatter manure or fertilizer over (land).
68. Make an etching of.
69. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
70. A bed where seedlings are grown before transplanting.
71. A tributary of the Rhine.
72. A light touch or stroke.
73. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
74. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
75. A bachelor's degree in religion.
77. An informal term for a father.
79. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
80. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
81. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
82. Greek mythology.
83. The square of a body of any size of type.
85. Employed in accomplishing something.
86. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
87. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
88. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
89. A quantity of no importance.
92. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
93. Gone by.
94. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
95. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
98. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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