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1. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
5. Anything that serves as an enticement.
9. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
13. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
16. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
17. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
18. A sharply directional antenna.
19. God of the earth.
20. An honorary degree in science.
21. A large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm.
23. A cage in which a bird is kept.
25. One of the 7 gods of happiness.
27. A native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro.
29. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. An strong upward air current.
32. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
33. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
35. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
36. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
38. Not out.
41. A cgs unit of work or energy.
42. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
43. Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage.
46. A genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers.
51. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
52. One retired from society for religious reasons.
55. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
56. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
58. Fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses.
61. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
62. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
64. Steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs.
65. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
66. A radioactive transuranic element.
68. Bound by chains fastened around the ankles.
70. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
72. A person's brother or sister.
73. A member of the French-speaking people living in Belgium.
75. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
79. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
80. The square of a body of any size of type.
81. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means.
87. A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry.
89. French novelist.
92. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
93. Considerate and solicitous care.
94. With rapid movements.
96. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
97. 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.
98. An affirmative.
99. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
100. Set down according to a plan.
101. (informal) Roused to anger.
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1. (Hinduism) An ascetic holy man.
2. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
3. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
4. Typical geese.
5. Any of various units of capacity.
6. Brush turkeys.
7. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
8. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
9. A human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices.
10. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
11. Sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels.
12. Used in combination to denote the middle.
13. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
14. Remove gas from.
15. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
22. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
24. A stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm.
26. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
28. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
31. Moving very fast.
34. A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement.
37. Make keen or more acute.
39. The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning.
40. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
44. Sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background.
45. Diuretic (trade name Edecrin) used to treat edema.
47. (Greek mythology) The last king of Troy.
48. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
49. A member of a Mayan people of north central Guatemala.
50. Of a pale purple color.
53. Genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips.
54. (Jewish cookery) A loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast.
57. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
59. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
60. (of eggs) No longer edible.
63. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
67. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
69. A festival featuring African-American culture.
70. Sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels.
71. Perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning.
74. The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.
76. The brother of your father or mother.
77. Spanish poet and dramatist (1898-1936).
78. A formal expression of praise.
82. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
83. In bed.
84. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
85. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
86. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
88. An accountant certified by the state.
90. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
91. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
95. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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