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1. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
4. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
8. A Loloish language.
12. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
16. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
17. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
18. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
19. Willing to face danger.
20. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
21. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
23. Any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads.
25. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
27. Water buffalo of the Philippines.
28. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
29. A confusion of voices and other sounds.
32. Jordan's port.
37. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
40. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
41. Highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings.
44. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. A state in New England.
47. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
50. A public toilet in a military area.
52. In the Roman calendar.
54. Any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers.
55. Of or relating to or suggestive of dreams.
56. A large number or amount.
57. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
58. (British) Your grandmother.
60. Not widely known.
61. Concise and full of meaning.
62. (Greek mythology) The father of Odysseus.
64. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
66. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
67. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
68. Attractiveness to the opposite sex.
72. An established ceremony prescribed by a religion.
73. (psychology) Characterized by avoidance or withdrawal.
75. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
76. A state in midwestern United States.
79. (Scotland) A landowner.
81. A mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys.
86. A Spanish river.
90. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
91. Widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers.
93. (Greek mythology) The Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry.
94. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
95. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
96. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
98. United States sculptor (1860-1936).
99. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
100. The sister of your father or mother.
101. Marked by the reception of pay.
102. The 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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1. Having been read.
2. Soft creamy white cheese.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
5. A separate part of a whole.
6. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
7. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
8. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
11. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
12. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
13. A milkshake made with malt powder.
14. Type genus of the Amiidae.
15. Perceive sound.
22. A public register showing the details of ownership and value of land.
24. Jordan's port.
26. Of or relating to Fabianism.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana.
34. The basic unit of money in China.
35. A group of street musicians in Mexico.
36. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
38. Any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers.
39. Having unsuitable feminine qualities.
42. Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921).
43. (Babylonian) God of fire.
45. Of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell.
48. Fill with revolutionary ideas.
49. Having the slant of a bevel.
51. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
53. Rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia.
59. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
63. A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world.
65. Impaired by diminution.
69. (informal) Roused to anger.
70. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
71. Type genus of the Anatidae.
74. Submerged freshwater perennials.
77. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
78. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
79. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
80. The event of dying or departure from life.
82. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
83. The capital of Western Samoa.
84. A Loloish language.
85. A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs.
86. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
87. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
88. A gap between cloud masses.
89. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
92. A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
97. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
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