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1. Characteristic of a mob.
4. A game in which darts are thrown at a dartboard.
9. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
13. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
16. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
17. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
18. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
19. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
20. Having leadership guidance.
21. (law) A courtroom conference between the lawyers and the judge in a trial that is held out of the jury's hearing.
23. United States tennis player who dominated men's tennis in the 1920s (1893-1953).
25. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
27. A genus of Pyralidae.
29. Having help.
30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
33. Any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers.
35. Relating to or resembling a carina.
42. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
43. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
47. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
48. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
49. Uttered with a trill.
52. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
53. (Greek mythology) Messenger and herald of the gods.
54. (nautical) Of an anchor.
55. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
57. (informal) A stupid incompetent person.
59. Fiddler crabs.
60. Wildly disordered.
63. A violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family.
66. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
67. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
69. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
70. 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.
71. Comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia.
76. A professional performer who tells jokes and performs comic acts.
78. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
82. In societies practicing shamanism.
84. A brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes.
87. Advanced in years.
88. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
89. British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the Empress of India (1804-1881).
92. A small cake leavened with yeast.
93. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
95. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
97. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
98. Seed of a pea plant.
99. A large number of things or people considered together.
100. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
101. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
102. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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1. A master's degree in library science.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. English monk and scholar (672-735).
4. An operating system that is on a disk.
5. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
6. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
7. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
8. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
9. The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.
10. Half the width of an em.
11. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
12. (heraldry) Applied to a fish depicted horizontally.
13. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
14. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
15. An unofficial association of people or groups.
22. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
24. A print obtained from a line drawing.
26. A tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia.
28. (archaic) Of persons.
31. An associate degree in nursing.
32. Having a gradual increase in width.
34. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
36. Late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur.
37. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
38. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
39. Of or relating to a caesura.
40. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
41. Of warm coasts from Australia to Asia.
44. Someone new to a field or activity.
45. (of actions or states) Slightly short of or not quite accomplished.
46. Used of hooves.
50. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
51. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
56. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
58. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
61. The financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time.
62. A system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year.
64. Increase by a factor of two.
65. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
68. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
72. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
73. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
74. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
75. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
77. Strong and sharp.
79. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
80. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
81. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
83. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
85. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
86. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
90. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
91. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
94. One thousand periods per second.
96. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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