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1. A young woman making her debut into society.
4. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
9. A quantity of no importance.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
17. Of or relating to or located near a hilum.
18. Marked by lack of intellectual depth.
19. A flexible container with a single opening.
20. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
22. A tapering point.
24. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
25. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
26. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
28. State in northeastern India.
30. Youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali.
32. An unofficial association of people or groups.
34. Unknown god.
35. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
36. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
37. Not openly expressed.
41. A fraudulent business scheme.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
49. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
50. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
53. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
54. A cgs unit of work or energy.
55. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
57. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
58. Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk.
60. Of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language.
64. Pretentious or silly talk or writing.
65. Of or relating to or symptomatic of alexia.
67. Love of or taste for fine objects of art.
69. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
71. Of animals.
73. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
74. Tropical American trees.
76. Any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone.
78. Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980).
81. A port and the capital of Guinea.
85. Filled with a great quantity.
88. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
89. An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq.
90. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
91. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
95. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
96. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
97. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
98. A genus of Mustelidae.
99. A police officer who investigates crimes.
100. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
101. Excessive desire to acquire or possess more (esp material wealth) than one needs or deserves.
102. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
103. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
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1. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
2. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
3. Accord or comport with.
4. Chromatic purity.
5. Step on it.
6. A city in northwestern Syria.
7. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
8. Noisy quarrel.
9. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
10. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
11. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
12. A member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec.
13. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
14. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
15. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
21. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained.
23. Ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A married male American Indian.
31. An honorary arts degree.
33. Dearly loved.
38. An elaborate song for solo voice.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. A humorous anecdote or remark.
42. Cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid.
43. Tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head.
44. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
47. Type genus of the Blattidae.
48. A member of a Turkic people of Chinese Turkestan and neighboring areas (formerly of Mongolia and eastern Turkestan).
51. Relating to or lying near the palate.
52. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
59. Outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953).
61. Ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head.
62. Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
63. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
66. Tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm.
68. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
70. Rich in significance or implication.
71. Step on it.
72. The type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-inhabiting insectivorous plants.
73. A member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec.
75. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
77. Set up for use.
79. Not in a state of sleep.
80. Well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force.
82. The largest Greek island in the Mediterranean.
83. A kitchen utensil used for ricing soft foods by extruding them through small holes.
84. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
86. A French abbot.
87. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
92. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
93. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
94. The month following January and preceding March.
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