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1. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
4. English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964).
9. South African term for `boss'.
13. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
16. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
17. Being or given to servile imitation.
18. (New Testament) The Apostle closely associated with St Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel.
19. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
20. Surprising greatly.
22. Of or relating to located near the iris of the eye.
24. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
25. Assign a new name to.
28. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
29. A small amount of residue.
30. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
31. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
33. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
35. 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.
39. Reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa.
40. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
43. A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia.
45. Concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement.
48. Used of a single unit or thing.
49. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
50. A downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles.
52. Medieval artillery used during sieges.
54. A Russian river.
56. Tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw.
58. A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas.
59. Ask for or request earnestly.
61. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
62. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
63. Water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere v 1.
64. The dignity or rank or position of an earl or countess.
67. Belonging to some prior time.
68. A low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches.
69. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
70. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
72. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
74. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
78. Obvious and dull.
81. Goddess of war.
84. Overgrown with ivy.
85. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
86. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
89. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
91. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
92. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
94. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
95. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
96. Of or in or relating to the nose.
97. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
98. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
2. Found near the Channel Islands.
3. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
4. Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.
5. Transient cessation of respiration.
6. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
7. A state in midwestern United States.
8. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
9. Small Indian lettuce of northern regions.
10. An expressway in a German-speaking country.
11. Similar or related in quality or character.
12. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
13. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
14. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
15. Squash bugs.
21. The capital of Croatia.
23. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
26. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
27. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
32. A depression in an otherwise level surface.
34. Not capable of movement or of being moved.
36. Coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position.
37. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
38. Combining form.
40. East Indian flying squirrel.
41. Lacking vigor or energy.
42. Characterized by absence of emotional agitation.
44. Someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else.
46. Make improvements or corrections to.
47. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
51. Rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail.
53. Both sexes are brightly colored.
55. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
57. Highly excited.
60. Give encouragement to.
65. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
66. The disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest.
71. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
73. 1/10 gram.
75. A rye bread made with molasses or brown sugar.
76. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
77. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
79. A city in northern India.
80. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
82. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
83. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
87. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
88. Wild and domestic cattle.
90. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
93. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
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