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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
9. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
13. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
16. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
17. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
18. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
19. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
20. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
21. The ending of a series or sequence.
22. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
23. The cry made by sheep.
24. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
26. A large fleet.
28. Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream.
30. The face or front of a building.
33. American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds.
35. A radioactive transuranic element.
37. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. The sixth month of the civil year.
39. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
43. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
47. Fraught with extreme danger.
48. Affectedly dainty or refined.
50. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
52. A minor match preceding the main event.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
55. A blind god.
57. The basic unit of money in Finland.
58. Tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear.
59. The animal order including amoebas.
62. Singing jazz.
63. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
64. An accountant certified by the state.
65. (computer science) A graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface.
66. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
67. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
69. A hitter who slaps with an open hand.
74. The expensive white fur of the ermine.
76. Indicating the most important performer or role.
78. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
79. Small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs.
83. A small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymes.
89. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
90. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
93. One of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split.
94. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
97. Weapons considered collectively.
98. An annual award for outstanding achievements in television.
99. Given as a task.
100. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
4. A rapid bustling commotion.
5. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
6. Causing fear or dread or terror.
7. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
8. A fraudulent business scheme.
9. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
10. The capital of Bahrain.
11. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
12. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers.
13. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
14. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
15. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
25. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
27. A grant made by a law court.
29. The body of people who lead a group.
31. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. Member of the stage crew in charge of properties.
36. A forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds.
40. Edible mushroom.
41. A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river.
42. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
44. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
45. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. An epic poem adapted for recitation.
51. Heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane).
53. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
56. An uproarious party.
60. Having two feet.
61. Living quarters at a college or university where students live.
68. Having three units or components or elements.
69. A rapid bustling commotion.
70. Of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions.
71. An associate degree in nursing.
72. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
73. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
75. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
77. A clan identified by their kinship to a common totemic object.
80. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
81. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
82. A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas.
84. A lustrous gray strong metallic element resembling titanium.
85. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
86. A milkshake made with malt powder.
87. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
88. Informal terms for a mother.
91. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
92. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
93. A public promotion of some product or service.
95. An informal term for a father.
96. A public promotion of some product or service.
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