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1. A short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost.
5. Any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having 2-ranked dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers.
13. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
17. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
18. A major school of Buddhism teaching social concern and universal salvation.
19. The sixth month of the civil year.
20. Type genus of the Apidae.
21. A genus of Stromateidae.
22. The mistake of not following suit when able to do so.
23. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
25. Having or indicating good health in body or mind.
27. A quantity of no importance.
28. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
30. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
32. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
34. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
37. Detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues.
39. That is to say.
41. The 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
43. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
44. A book of the New Testament.
48. Black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail.
52. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
53. The Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life.
54. Something of sentimental value.
56. Being one more than sixteen.
57. Make attractive or lovable.
59. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
61. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
62. Recovery or preservation from loss or danger.
63. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
64. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
66. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
67. Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness.
70. An honorary degree in science.
73. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
74. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
75. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
77. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
79. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
83. Adapt anew.
87. Fallow deer.
90. Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds).
91. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.
92. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
93. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
94. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
97. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
98. The cause or intention underlying an action or situation esp in the phrase "the whys and wherefores".
99. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
100. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
101. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. The act of catching an object with the hands.
2. A native American tent.
3. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
4. Being derived from.
5. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
6. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
7. Clarified butter used in Indian cookery.
8. Type genus of the Ranidae.
9. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
10. A large and stately mansion.
11. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
12. The mother of Jesus.
13. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
14. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
15. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
16. Causing fear or dread or terror.
24. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
26. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
33. The spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance.
35. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
36. Turned inside out and resewn.
38. Someone who skis.
40. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
42. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
45. Any large dark enclosed space.
46. (medieval legends) The nephew of King Mark of Cornwall who fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other.
47. A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea.
49. The location of something surrounded by other things.
50. Utter a harsh abrupt scream.
51. American dwarf fan palms.
55. Slightly sour to the taste.
58. A Scottish word.
60. The cry made by sheep.
65. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Chaplain and the Saint Lawrence River.
68. Arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair.
69. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
71. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
72. Small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental.
76. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
78. Greek mythology.
80. A name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH.
81. English writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606).
82. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
84. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
85. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
86. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
88. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
89. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
95. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
96. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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