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1. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
4. An orderly pile.
9. An edible tuber native to South America.
13. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers.
18. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
19. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
20. (Old Testament) Samson's Philistine mistress who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength.
22. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
24. A form of address for a married woman.
25. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual wear (usually in the plural).
26. Ask for and get free.
28. A tunic worn over a knight's armor.
30. Any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages.
31. The largest of the Balearic Islands.
32. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
35. (prefix) Within.
37. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
38. A city in northern India.
40. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
42. Containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal.
46. A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers.
47. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
50. A feeling of anger caused by being offended.
52. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
55. Having a tone of a reed instrument.
56. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
57. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
58. Grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan.
60. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. Used in combination to denote the middle.
63. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
65. Highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried.
68. Lower in esteem.
69. An informal term for a father.
70. City in northwestern Jordan.
73. A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables.
75. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
76. Not hallowed or consecrated.
78. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
79. Cross-fertilization in plants.
83. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
87. Someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters.
90. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
91. Draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight.
93. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
95. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
96. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
97. Uttering in an irritated tone.
99. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
100. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
101. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
102. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
103. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
104. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
105. A white trivalent metallic element.
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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
2. American novelist (1909-1955).
3. Offering fun and gaiety.
4. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.
5. A just detectable amount.
6. Loss of the ability to swallow.
7. Being one more than one hundred.
8. Originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry.
9. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
10. A polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms.
11. Of or relating to a nail or claw or hoof.
12. A jamb for a door.
13. Protective covering made of metal and used in combat.
14. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
15. Robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers.
21. A large sailing ship that was engaged in the British trade with India.
23. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
27. Wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia.
29. Secret or hidden.
33. Sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels.
34. Taken or to be taken at random.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
41. Historical and literary materials relating to Judaism.
43. Covered with paving material.
44. Be fully aware or cognizant of.
45. A person who rules or guides or inspires others.
48. Felt hat with a creased crown.
49. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
51. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
53. Being one more than fifty.
54. Accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment.
59. In a gay manner.
61. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
64. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
66. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
67. A great raja.
69. Obvious and dull.
71. Belonging to some prior time.
72. A strong emotion.
74. Bleeding into the interior chamber of the eye.
75. A jamb for a door.
77. The capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.
80. Small magnifying glass (usually set in an eyepiece) used by jewelers and horologists.
81. Machine tool for shaping metal or wood.
82. A city in north central Morocco.
84. British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956).
85. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
86. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
88. An informal term for a father.
89. Wearing or provided with clothing.
92. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
94. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
98. A state in north central United States.
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