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1. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
4. Jordan's port.
9. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
16. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
17. (legend) Chalice used by Christ at the last supper.
18. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
19. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
20. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
21. United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902).
22. Petty quarrel.
23. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
24. A member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia.
26. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
29. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
30. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
32. King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959).
34. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
36. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
37. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
38. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
42. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
43. (Bible) The archangel who was the messenger of God.
45. The sixth month of the civil year.
46. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
50. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
51. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
53. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
54. 16 ounces.
57. 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.
58. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
61. Used of a single unit or thing.
62. (of plants or trees) Having the top or outer parts cut off.
64. A province in north-central China.
65. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
67. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
68. Only the bowfins.
70. A notable achievement.
71. God of blame and mockery.
73. Make anew.
74. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
76. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
78. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
80. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
82. The capital of Turkey.
85. Of surpassing excellence.
89. A member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called pueblos by the Spanish because they live in villages built of adobe and rock.
93. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
94. Engaged in as a pastime.
96. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
98. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
99. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
100. European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.
102. Rounded like an egg.
104. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
105. Of or relating to alga.
106. A small cake leavened with yeast.
107. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. An oral poliovirus vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
3. A genus of Caltha.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
6. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
7. The upper end of a bitt.
8. On or toward the lee.
9. An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach).
10. Beautiful daughter of Minos and Pasiphae.
11. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
12. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
13. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
25. Of or relating to or characteristic of Yemen or its inhabitants.
27. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
28. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
31. 10 grams.
33. Of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language.
35. Being the only one.
39. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
40. A battle in 1800 in which the French under Napoleon Bonaparte won a great victory over the Austrians.
41. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
44. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
47. Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit.
48. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
49. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
52. Tropical American vine having roots that hang like cords and cylindrical fruit with a pineapple and banana flavor.
55. Something causes misery or death.
56. Any taillike structure.
59. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
60. One thousandth of a second.
63. An ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice.
66. Music performed for dancing the polka.
69. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
72. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
75. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
77. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
78. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
79. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
81. Of or belonging to or suitable for a duke.
83. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
84. Lower in esteem.
86. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
87. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
88. An inlaid furniture decoration.
90. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
91. An indistinct shapeless form.
92. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
95. Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile).
96. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
97. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
101. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
103. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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