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1. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
4. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
9. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
13. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
16. Being one more than six.
17. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
18. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
19. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
20. Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious.
22. (India) Usually in combination.
24. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
25. Of or concerning this.
27. 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.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
31. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
33. A water-resistant coat.
35. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
38. Back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked.
41. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
44. A state in midwestern United States.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. Distant in either space or time.
50. Water buffalo of the Philippines.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. Covered or furnished with tiles.
55. Power to control.
56. 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.
60. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
61. Perennial plants resembling yucca.
64. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
66. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
69. An honorary degree in science.
70. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
71. A Russian river.
73. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
77. The act of displaying something ostentatiously.
81. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions.
83. An ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor.
86. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
87. The act of rubbing down.
90. (trade mark) A soft form of cereal for infants.
92. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
93. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
94. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
96. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
97. Type genus of the Suidae.
98. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
99. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
100. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
101. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
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1. A genus of Indriidae.
2. A slender and greatly elongated solid substance.
3. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
4. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
5. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
6. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
7. An associate degree in nursing.
8. A person who hews.
9. Whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering of the eyeball.
10. Italian architect (1508-1580).
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. Tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
13. 10 grams.
14. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
15. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
21. Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843).
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
28. A harsh noise made by scraping.
32. Mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable.
34. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
36. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
37. A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of Scotland).
39. Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder.
40. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
42. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
43. Ground snakes.
46. Twining perennial North American plants.
47. Used of decomposing oils or fats.
48. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
51. (of animals) Fully developed.
52. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
57. An audiotape recording of sound.
58. A master's degree in library science.
59. A package of several things tied together for carrying or storing.
62. (of linens or clothes) Smoothed with a hot iron.
63. Lacking definite form or limits.
65. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
67. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
68. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
72. A bachelor's degree in religion.
74. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
75. To fix or set securely or deeply.
76. Reed maces.
78. An edict of the Russian tsar.
79. Wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg.
80. Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity).
82. 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.
83. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
84. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
85. On or toward the lee.
88. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
89. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
91. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
92. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
95. Before noon.
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