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1. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
4. Wood of any of various alder trees.
9. The part of the face above the eyes.
13. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
16. A passage with access only at one end.
17. Mild cream-colored Dutch cheese shaped in balls.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
20. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
21. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
22. Being three more than fifty.
23. An associate degree in applied science.
24. Related to or located at the back.
26. Bring into existence.
28. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight.
30. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
32. A small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.
36. Type genus of the Vespidae.
40. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
41. A ceremonial procession including people marching.
46. The act of scanning.
47. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
49. Any of four pairs of muscles extending from the cervical vertebrae to the second rib.
51. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
52. An explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text.
54. Someone with the power to settle matters at will.
55. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
56. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
57. United States writer of children's books (1904-1991).
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
60. Exceptionally bad or displeasing.
62. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
63. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
65. (statistics) Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value.
69. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
70. A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia.
72. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
75. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
78. A small cake leavened with yeast.
79. To or from every one of two or more (considered individually).
82. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
85. In bed.
88. Containing ten or ten parts.
90. 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.
92. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
93. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
94. Offering little or no hope.
96. Advanced in years.
97. Goddess of fate.
98. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
99. A native-born Israeli.
100. A cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats.
101. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. 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.
3. Situated in a particular spot or position.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons.
6. A clay pipe with a short stem.
7. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
8. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
9. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
10. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
11. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
12. Any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556.
13. The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid).
14. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
15. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
25. A city in central Lithuania.
27. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
29. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
31. The eleventh month of the civil year.
33. Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice.
34. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
35. United States novelist (1871-1945).
37. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
38. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
39. Of or relating to or characteristic of Andorra or its people.
42. A person with albinism.
43. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
44. A person who fights duels.
45. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
48. An informal conversation.
50. An athlete who plays basketball.
53. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.
58. A long-playing phonograph record.
61. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
64. Jordan's port.
66. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
67. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
68. Small genus of deciduous West Indian trees or shrubs.
69. Any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556.
71. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943).
73. Unknown god.
74. (trade mark) A soft form of cereal for infants.
76. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
77. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
80. The part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes).
81. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
83. Type genus of the Anatidae.
84. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
85. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
86. Suggestive of the supernatural.
87. An informal term for a father.
89. A young woman making her debut into society.
91. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
95. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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