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1. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
4. A city in northwestern Switzerland.
9. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
13. A flexible container with a single opening.
16. Being one more than forty.
17. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
18. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
19. Used of a single unit or thing.
20. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
22. The final stages of an extended process of negotiation.
24. The superior of an abbey of monks.
26. A general summary of a subject.
27. Twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes.
29. Type genus of the Ranidae.
30. An ordered reference standard.
32. Fiddler crabs.
34. Affectedly dainty or refined.
37. Hawthorn of southern United States bearing juicy acid scarlet fruit often used in jellies or preserves.
39. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
43. Brought back.
45. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
47. A native American tent.
48. A representation of common ground between theories or phenomena.
52. A decree that prohibits something.
53. A primeval personification of air and breath.
54. The small projection of a mammary gland.
55. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
58. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
59. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
61. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
63. An expression of greeting.
64. French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857).
65. European freshwater fish resembling the roach.
66. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
68. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
70. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
73. The ending of a series or sequence.
74. Used especially in treating bruises.
76. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
78. The highest level or degree attainable.
79. In a competent capable manner.
81. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
84. Belgian architect and leader in art nouveau architecture (1861-1947).
86. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
88. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
92. An amoeba-like protozoan with a chitinous shell resembling an umbrella.
94. (British) Sailing barge used especially in East Anglia.
96. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
97. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
98. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
100. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
101. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
102. An island northwest of Wales.
103. Being the only one.
104. Stalk of a moss capsule.
105. A light touch or stroke.
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1. A collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display.
2. Speaking a Slavic language.
3. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
4. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
5. Discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people.
6. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
7. On end or upright.
8. A human limb.
9. Black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail.
10. Relatively deep or strong.
11. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
12. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
15. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
21. The triad of divinities of later Hinduism.
23. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
25. Wild geese.
28. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
31. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. A government agent responsible for collecting revenue (especially one responsible for stopping bootlegging).
36. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
38. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
40. Rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust.
41. A short pithy instructive saying.
42. Clothes moths.
44. Being ten more than thirty.
46. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
49. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
50. A genus of Ploceidae.
51. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
56. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
57. The capital and largest city of South Korea.
60. A geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry.
62. A large fleet.
67. Requiring little hard work or exertion.
69. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
71. A large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths.
72. An entrance that can be closed by a gate.
75. A potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine.
77. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
80. Desire strongly or persistently.
82. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
83. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
85. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
87. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
89. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
90. God of love and erotic desire.
91. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
93. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
94. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
95. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
99. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
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