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1. The top edge of a vessel.
5. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
13. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
16. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
17. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
18. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
19. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
20. Type genus of the family Crangonidae.
22. A member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
24. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
25. A person who eats human flesh.
26. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
35. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
40. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
43. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
47. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
48. Sour or bitter in taste.
50. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
51. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
52. Provide what is desired or needed, esp. support, food or sustenance.
53. Highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace).
54. Of or relating to the process of hearing.
56. Overbearing pride or presumption.
58. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
60. (of an arrow) Equipped with feathers.
61. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
62. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
63. A river in southeastern France.
64. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
65. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
67. 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.
69. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
72. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
73. Invalid or incorrect reasoning.
77. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
79. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
80. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
82. Make less active or intense.
85. The larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter.
89. Squash bugs.
92. A motley assortment of things.
94. To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (esp. when struggling).
96. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
97. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
98. Large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails.
100. (prefix) Half or partial.
101. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
102. At or in or to any place.
103. English essayist (1775-1834).
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1. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
2. Living in or characteristic of farming or country life.
3. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
4. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
5. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
6. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
7. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
8. Late time of life.
9. A city in northeastern Ohio.
10. God of dawn and light.
11. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
12. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
13. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
14. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
15. Divulge information or secrets.
21. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
23. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
27. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
31. Lacking a bib.
33. A West African language closely related to Fula.
34. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. Disposed to venture or take risks.
38. Reflect light or colors like an opal.
39. Refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them.
41. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
42. A team game that resembles basketball.
44. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
45. Surround so as to force to give up.
46. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
49. Soft creamy white cheese.
55. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
57. Firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise.
59. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
66. Letter carrier's shoulder bag.
68. A fraudulent business scheme.
70. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
71. Stain (furniture) black to make it look like ebony.
72. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
74. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
75. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
76. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (27,890 feet high).
78. Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth.
81. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
83. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
84. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
86. Turned or twisted toward one side.
87. United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993).
88. (Norse mythology) God of thunder and rain and farming.
90. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
91. Type genus of the Amiidae.
93. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
95. A member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana.
96. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
99. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
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