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1. A female person who has the same parents as another person.
4. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
9. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
18. Highly excited.
19. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
20. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
21. Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980).
23. A severe recurring vascular headache.
25. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
27. The inner pale yellow part of the lenticular nucleus.
29. Belonging to some prior time.
30. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.
32. In a softened tone.
34. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
38. A great raja.
41. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
42. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
46. Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
47. A three-year law degree.
48. An Asian river between China and Russia.
50. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
51. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences.
53. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
56. (Irish) The sea personified.
57. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
58. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
60. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
63. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
65. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
67. Insanely irresponsible.
68. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
69. A person forced to flee from home or country.
71. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
73. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
74. Make synchronous and adjust in time or manner.
77. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
79. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
80. An associate degree in applied science.
81. Appeal or request earnestly.
83. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
89. Bottle that has a narrow neck.
92. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
93. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
95. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
98. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
99. A newt in its terrestrial stage of development.
100. An island of Hawaii northwest of Oahu.
101. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
102. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
103. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
104. A medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard.
105. At or constituting a border or edge.
106. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
2. An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands).
3. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
4. A byproduct of inflammation.
5. A large number or amount.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
8. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.
9. Marked by the reception of pay.
10. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
11. The smallest administrative district of several European countries (Belgium and France and Italy and Switzerland).
12. How long something has existed.
13. (anatomy) Any structure that resembles a horn in shape.
14. A share of something.
15. Brought from wildness into a domesticated state.
22. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
24. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
26. The capital and largest city of Rwanda.
28. Employed in accomplishing something.
31. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
33. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
35. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
36. Material used to daub walls.
37. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
39. With respect to an axis.
40. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
43. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
44. Be fond of.
45. (historically) A member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire.
49. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
52. At full speed.
54. (aeronautical) Pertaining to the tail section of a plane.
55. A severe or trying experience.
59. An informal term for a father.
61. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
62. Of or relating to or near the coccyx.
64. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
66. Lower in esteem.
70. The grasses.
71. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.
72. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
75. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
76. An armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band.
78. Earlier in time.
82. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
83. Water frozen in the solid state.
84. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
85. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
86. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
87. Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.
88. The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally.
90. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
91. God of love and erotic desire.
94. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
96. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
97. A small piece of cloth.
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