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1. Largest known toad species.
5. Quick and skillful in movement.
9. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
13. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
16. The expensive fur of a mink.
17. Be obedient to.
18. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
21. The wood of an African obeche tree.
23. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
25. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
27. Basic principles of the cosmos.
28. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
29. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
30. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
32. Hit hard.
36. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
37. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
38. Give a spanking to.
41. A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something.
44. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
47. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
49. Having help.
51. God of death.
52. Affectedly dainty or refined.
55. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
56. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
57. A town in central Wyoming.
62. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
63. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
64. A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
66. Before noon.
69. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
70. The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located).
71. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
73. The square of a body of any size of type.
74. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
76. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
80. An associate degree in nursing.
83. The act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection).
88. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
89. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
91. A disdainful pouting grimace.
92. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
94. Offering fun and gaiety.
96. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
97. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
98. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
99. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
100. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
101. Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something.
102. Any of various small biting flies.
103. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
104. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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1. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. Cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect.
4. Jordan's port.
5. Trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions.
6. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
7. A canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse).
8. (Greek mythology) The goddess of fortune.
9. South American cavy.
10. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
11. Written hastily or carelessly.
12. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
13. A flexible container with a single opening.
14. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
15. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
22. An intermission between the first and second half of a game.
24. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
26. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
31. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
33. An accidental happening.
34. The template for protein synthesis.
35. (Sumerian) Evil storm god represented as a black bird.
39. A city in the central Netherlands.
40. The grasses.
42. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
43. Cause to go somewhere.
45. Cause to go crazy.
46. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
48. Type genus of the Hylidae.
50. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
53. Type genus of the Anhimidae.
54. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
58. The highest level or degree attainable.
59. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
60. An essential amino acid found in proteins.
61. The capital of Western Samoa.
65. (Italian cookery) Squid prepared as food.
67. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
68. A small cake leavened with yeast.
72. Inhabitant of the island of Cebu.
75. The capital of Bahrain.
77. Show a response or a reaction to something.
78. A public promotion of some product or service.
79. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
81. Love intensely.
82. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
84. (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree.
85. Tear or be torn violently.
86. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
87. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
90. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
93. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
95. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
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