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1. A sudden abrupt pull.
4. Slanderous defamation.
9. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. A strong emotion.
16. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
17. A genus of Siphonaptera.
18. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
19. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
20. United States writer (1914-1986).
22. African antelope with ridged curved horns.
24. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
25. A branch of the Tai languages.
26. Casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs.
29. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
31. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
32. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
33. A genus of Psittacidae.
37. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
40. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
43. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
44. A sudden desire.
47. Being one more than one hundred.
48. One million periods per second.
49. Fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used.
51. A cgs unit of work or energy.
52. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
54. Sleep in a convenient place.
55. A South American river 1,500 miles long.
57. A loud harsh or strident noise.
58. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
60. Capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy.
62. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).
63. A thick black tar intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.
65. (informal) Roused to anger.
66. Provide with choice or abundant food or drink.
68. Look at with amorous intentions.
69. Former name for the order Crocodylia.
73. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
74. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
76. Scottish physiologist who directed the research by F. G. Banting and C. H. Best that led to the discovery of insulin (1876-1935).
77. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
78. A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed).
81. The name that precedes the surname.
89. Decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing ribs.
91. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
92. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
93. Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907).
95. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
96. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
97. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
98. Having help.
99. A small cake leavened with yeast.
100. A doctor's degree in education.
101. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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1. (trademark) An antacid.
2. A state in the western United States.
3. Offering fun and gaiety.
4. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
5. A woman's loose unbelted dress.
6. (prefix) Within.
7. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
8. The amount a salary is increased.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
11. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
13. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
14. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
15. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
21. The brightest star in Scorpius.
23. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
27. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
28. Of or relating to the lips of the mouth.
30. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
34. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
35. Shepherd's purse.
36. Report or maintain.
38. One of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones.
39. English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824).
41. A city in the northern panhandle of Texas.
42. Type genus of the Echeneididae.
45. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
46. The branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences).
50. A brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes.
53. A port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean.
56. An authoritative person who divines the future.
59. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
61. Toward the mouth or oral region.
64. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
67. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
70. Extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects.
71. Not widely known.
72. A flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it.
73. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
75. Dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin.
79. Very large red gum tree.
80. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
82. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
83. Avatar of Vishnu.
84. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
85. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
86. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
87. A baton used by a magician or water diviner.
88. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
90. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
94. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
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