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1. (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree.
5. Hit hard.
9. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
13. A young woman making her debut into society.
16. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
17. God of death.
18. English monk and scholar (672-735).
19. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
20. Australasian kingfishers.
22. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
24. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
26. A narcotic analgesic (trade name Dilaudid) used to treat moderate to severe pain.
29. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. Hard fiber used in making coarse twine.
34. A sudden abrupt pull.
35. Type genus of the Papaveraceae.
37. At full speed.
40. A bachelor's degree in religion.
42. A three-year law degree.
43. A large and imposing house.
44. Being one more than fifty.
47. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
48. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
51. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
54. Lacking vigor or energy.
55. United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967).
57. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
58. A state in New England.
59. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
60. Bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies.
61. A city in northeastern Ohio.
66. Gather, as of as crops.
67. Ragout of game in a rich sauce.
70. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
71. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote.
72. A doctor's degree in religion.
73. Capital of modern Macedonia.
78. A state in New England.
79. A computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter.
81. A monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system.
85. Revelry in drinking.
89. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
90. Do something to an excessive degree.
92. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
93. Any branch of Shinto other than Kokka.
94. (British) A check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed.
95. A small cake leavened with yeast.
97. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
98. Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.
99. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
100. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
101. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
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1. A woman of refinement.
2. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
3. A toxic protein extracted from castor beans.
4. Of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living.
5. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
6. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
7. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
8. Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.
9. In bed.
10. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
11. A public promotion of some product or service.
12. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
13. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
14. (Sumerian) God of the air and king of the Sumerian gods.
15. English monk and scholar (672-735).
21. A blank gap or missing part.
23. A feeling of righteous anger.
25. 16 ounces.
27. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
28. Any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves.
30. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
36. A person who participates in or is skilled at some game.
38. Fully ripe.
39. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
41. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
44. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
45. The act of soiling something.
46. Covered or protected with or as if with a case.
49. Leave a camp.
50. A genus of Lamnidae.
52. People having the same social or economic status.
53. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
56. Catch sight of.
62. A large oven for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks.
63. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
64. A group of followers hired to applaud at a performance.
65. Decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor.
68. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds.
69. Something that is regarded as a chance event.
70. Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.
74. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943).
75. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
76. A battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC).
77. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
80. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
82. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
83. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
84. Informal terms for clothing.
86. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
87. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
88. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
91. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
96. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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