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1. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
4. A baton used by a magician or water diviner.
8. In the Roman calendar.
12. A fastener for a door or lid.
16. The fatty flesh of eel.
17. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
18. English monk and scholar (672-735).
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. Workplace for the teaching or practice of an art.
22. Wear away.
24. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
25. A minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language.
26. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
28. Before noon.
29. Large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles.
35. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
39. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
41. A university town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River north of Bangor.
44. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
45. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
47. An associate degree in nursing.
48. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
50. A tube in which a body fluid circulates.
51. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
53. Music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano).
57. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
59. A person with albinism.
61. An island of central Hawaii.
62. English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820).
63. Possessing or displaying courage.
64. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
65. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
68. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
70. By bad luck.
71. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
73. Late time of life.
75. 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.
76. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
77. (Hinduism) Term of respect for a Brahmin sage.
81. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
83. Expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase.
85. Toward the mouth or oral region.
89. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
90. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
93. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
95. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
96. The compass point that is one point north of due west.
97. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
98. An informal term for a father.
99. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
100. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
101. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
102. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
103. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
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1. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.
2. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
3. The rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface.
4. A German city near Leipzig.
5. Like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape).
6. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
7. Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC).
8. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
9. Deliberately impassive in manner.
10. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
11. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
12. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
13. American novelist (1909-1955).
14. Adopted in order to deceive.
15. An informal term for a father.
21. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
23. A decree that prohibits something.
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. In operation or operational.
31. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
32. To gain with effort.
33. Continue a certain state, condition, or activity.
34. An island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea.
36. Giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap.
37. Red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds.
38. Without a basis in reason or fact.
40. Cause to disbelieve.
42. A motley assortment of things.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
49. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
52. Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.
54. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
55. A linen tape used for trimming as a decoration.
56. Water buffalo of the Philippines.
58. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
60. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
66. On a beach.
67. In or of the month preceding the present one.
69. A city in southeastern Spain.
72. A complex inorganic compound that contains ammonia molecules.
74. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
78. A dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China.
79. Jordan's port.
80. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
82. A French abbot.
84. The probability of a specified outcome.
86. An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another.
87. A city in northern India.
88. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
91. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
92. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
94. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
95. A flexible container with a single opening.
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