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1. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
4. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
8. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
12. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
16. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
17. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
18. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
19. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
20. Capable of being influenced or formed.
22. Refuse to acknowledge.
23. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
24. Pearl oysters.
26. In operation or operational.
27. An insane person.
29. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
31. Lower in esteem.
33. English monk and scholar (672-735).
35. A smoky fire to drive away insects.
38. People having the same social or economic status.
42. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
44. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
46. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
48. A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere.
51. Liquid excretory product.
52. A woman who cohabits with an important man.
53. A knight honored for valor.
56. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
58. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
59. Relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area.
60. Decoration worn about the neck (fur piece or tight necklace) as an ornament.
62. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
64. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
65. Relating to or accompanying birth.
66. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
68. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
69. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
70. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
73. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
75. Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals.
77. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
80. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
83. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
86. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
88. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
90. An implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle.
92. An elaborate party (often outdoors).
94. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
95. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
96. An evergreen tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in tropical America and Africa and Asia.
98. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
99. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
100. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
101. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
102. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
103. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs.
2. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
3. Draw back, as with fear.
4. (Hinduism or Buddhism) A sacred word or syllable repeated in prayer or meditation.
5. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
6. A form of address for a man.
7. The capital of Western Samoa.
8. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
9. The condition of a peon.
10. Term of address for a man.
11. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
12. The basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites.
13. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
14. Fallow deer.
15. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
21. A secondary school (usually private).
25. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
28. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
30. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
32. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
34. Characteristic of the dawn.
36. Most important element.
37. Located in a dismal or remote area.
39. Wool of the alpaca.
40. The process of seeping.
41. A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it.
43. A deliberately false or improbable account.
45. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
47. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
49. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
50. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
54. Hear or try a court case anew.
55. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
57. Muslim name for God.
61. A state in midwestern United States.
63. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
67. A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.
71. Large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil.
72. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
74. The basic unit of money in Macao.
76. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
77. A state in midwestern United States.
78. A clear oily brown solution of cresols in soap.
79. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs.
81. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
82. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
84. (Welsh) A warrior god.
85. More or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first.
87. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
89. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
91. A tumor virus transmitted by leafhoppers.
93. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
97. Informal terms for a mother.
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