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1. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
4. Make secure by lashing.
8. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
12. Basically shredded cabbage.
16. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
17. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
18. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
19. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
20. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
21. Tropical American trees.
23. A seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales.
25. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
27. A short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission.
29. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.
30. A city and port in northern Jutland.
32. A town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast.
34. Open to change.
38. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
39. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
44. Avatar of Vishnu.
45. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
46. Showily imitative of art or artists.
47. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
49. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
50. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals.
53. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
54. Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910).
56. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
59. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
61. An analgesic for mild pain.
62. Any thick messy substance.
67. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
68. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
69. A province in north-central China.
72. Any high mountain.
75. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
77. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
81. A place where the wicked are punished after death.
84. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
86. (South African) A journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers).
87. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
88. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
91. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
93. A periodic paperback publication.
94. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
95. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
97. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
98. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
99. A car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors.
100. An informal term for a father.
101. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A magic power or magic spell.
2. A fraudulent business scheme.
3. A small cake leavened with yeast.
4. Of or concerning the face.
5. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
6. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
7. 1 species.
8. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
9. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
10. An associate degree in nursing.
11. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition.
12. Capable of being scaled.
13. Somewhat flattened cylindrical squid.
14. A particular environment or walk of life.
15. Commodities offered for sale.
22. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
24. Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc..
26. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
28. A member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley.
31. Genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers.
33. A large and densely populated urban area.
35. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
36. A town in northern Minnesota.
37. Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. Old breed of tall swift keen-eyed hunting dogs resembling greyhounds.
42. A streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode.
43. As of a conifer.
48. A genus of Ploceidae.
51. A Russian river.
52. A decree that prohibits something.
55. God of the Underworld.
57. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
58. A member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico.
60. A membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord.
63. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
64. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
65. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
66. An intellectual (who is bald?).
67. An associate degree in nursing.
70. How long something has existed.
71. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
73. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
74. Virus parasitic in bacteria.
76. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
78. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
79. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
80. Jordan's port.
82. The central area of a church.
83. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
85. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
89. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
90. The habitation of wild animals.
92. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
93. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
96. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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