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1. The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves).
4. Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel.
9. A Loloish language.
13. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. Garlic mayonnaise.
18. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
19. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
20. The logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises.
22. Argentinian cariama.
24. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
25. The amount of money needed to purchase something.
26. Running away from (or as if from) danger.
29. A language group of the Hokan family.
30. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
31. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
33. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
34. Burst or split open, as of flowers and seeds when releasing pollen or seeds.
38. A state in north central United States.
40. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
45. Tag the base runner to get him out.
46. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
49. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
53. (archaic) Of persons.
55. An electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals.
57. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
58. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
60. Having an oblique or slanted direction.
61. Type genus of the Nepidae.
62. Teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately).
64. Not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war.
66. The residue that remains when something is burned.
67. A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
70. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
71. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
74. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
76. Asian rat snakes.
78. Characteristic of or peculiar to a woman.
81. Large genus of evergreen lianas of tropical America.
83. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
85. Obvious and dull.
89. (Old Testament) A famous hunter.
91. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
93. A state of southwestern India.
94. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
96. The sixth month of the civil year.
98. United States architect (born in China in 1917).
99. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
100. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
101. A small cake leavened with yeast.
102. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. Marked by lively action.
2. A drama set to music.
3. Use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens.
4. Of or related to or derived from oats.
5. Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.
6. The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa.
7. Being nine more than forty.
8. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
9. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
10. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
11. Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.).
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
14. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
15. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
21. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
23. English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871).
27. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
28. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
32. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
35. Predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax.
36. A member of the North American Indian people of Oregon.
37. Trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae.
39. Emperor of Rome who was proclaimed emperor against his will.
41. A state in northwestern North America.
42. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
43. A book of the New Testament.
44. An appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food.
47. One of the twelve divisions of the calendar year.
48. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
50. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
51. (Judeo-Christian religion) Chief spirit of evil and adversary of God.
52. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
54. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
56. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
59. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
63. A releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body.
65. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet.
68. Lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat.
69. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
72. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
73. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943).
74. Being one more than one.
75. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
77. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
79. An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.
80. East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok.
82. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
84. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
85. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
86. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
87. In bed.
88. Set down according to a plan.
90. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
92. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
95. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
97. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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