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1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
8. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
12. Offering fun and gaiety.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
18. An informal term for a father.
19. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
20. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
21. (Babylonian) Consort of Anshar.
23. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
24. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
25. The first event in a series.
27. Lacking definite form or limits.
29. A blank leaf in the front of back of a book.
32. Of or relating to or symptomatic of alexia.
34. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
36. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
37. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
39. Slightly wet.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. Divination by the letters of a name.
47. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
48. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
50. Garlic mayonnaise.
51. An oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract of urinary tract or bones or joints.
53. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
54. Reflecting gloom.
57. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
58. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
62. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.
63. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
64. Any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods.
66. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
68. United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946).
71. Pleasantly occupied.
72. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
74. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
76. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
80. Large genus of evergreen lianas of tropical America.
82. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
83. No longer active or practicing.
85. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
89. A long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked).
91. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
92. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
94. A French abbot.
96. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
97. The airforce of Great Britain.
98. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
99. A small cake leavened with yeast.
100. An informal term for a father.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
4. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
5. A Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish).
6. A white trivalent metallic element.
7. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
8. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
9. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bahrain or its people or language.
10. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
11. The act of taking something from someone unlawfully.
12. A group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales.
13. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
14. Set down according to a plan.
15. In a competent capable manner.
22. Having an exceedingly bad reputation.
26. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
28. Being ten more than fifty.
30. 1 species.
31. A Loloish language.
33. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
35. French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (1825-1893).
38. Ragout of game in a rich sauce.
40. Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms.
41. The income arising from land or other property.
43. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
45. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
46. Any of several seeds that yield oil.
49. A state in midwestern United States.
52. Forming a continuous series of pores.
55. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
56. Get or find back.
59. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
60. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
61. Strive to equal or match, especially by imitating.
65. Web spinners.
67. The German state.
69. An African river.
70. The form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation.
73. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
75. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
77. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
78. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
79. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
80. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
81. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
84. In bed.
86. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
87. Type genus of the Amiidae.
88. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
90. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
93. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
95. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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