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1. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
5. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
9. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
13. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
16. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
17. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
18. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
19. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
20. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
22. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
25. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
26. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
27. A group of countries in special alliance.
28. Toward the mouth or oral region.
29. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
31. A person forced to flee from home or country.
33. Type genus of the Ameiuridae.
35. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
38. (informal) Exceptionally good.
39. Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887).
43. The process of gradually becoming inferior.
45. A protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers.
46. Unknown god.
49. Red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds.
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
54. A periodic paperback publication.
55. The 11 southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
57. Not fitting closely.
59. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
60. A lizard of the family Agamidae.
62. A brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes.
65. Far distant in space.
66. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
69. Relating to crime or its punishment.
71. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
73. Avatar of Vishnu.
74. A state in east central United States.
75. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
77. The spirit of evil in Zoroastrianism.
81. Type genus of the family Cypraeidae.
84. Lower in esteem.
86. A learned person (especially in the humanities).
88. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
92. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
94. Any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers.
95. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
96. Not in good physical or mental health.
97. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage.
99. Type genus of the Majidae.
101. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
102. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
103. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
104. Divulge information or secrets.
105. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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1. (Sumerian and Babylonian) A solar deity.
2. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
3. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
4. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
5. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
6. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
7. Supernatural half-man and half-bird vehicle or bearer of Vishnu.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
9. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
10. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
11. Decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing ribs.
12. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
13. Rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940).
14. A chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean.
15. A black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning.
21. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
24. (of quantities) Imprecise but fairly close to correct.
30. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
32. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
34. A state in midwestern United States.
36. Fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric.
37. A young woman making her debut into society.
40. The ability to form mental images of things or events.
41. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
42. Your basis for belief or disbelief.
44. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
46. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
47. Genus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers.
48. Lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat.
50. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
51. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
53. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
56. The longest division of geological time.
58. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
61. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
63. A disease of poultry.
64. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
67. A great raja.
68. Sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food.
70. By bad luck.
72. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
73. Decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing ribs.
76. Pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance.
78. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
79. A city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River.
80. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
82. A cruel and brutal fellow.
83. Exactly vertical.
85. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
86. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
87. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
89. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
90. A small cake leavened with yeast.
91. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
93. The sign language used in the United States.
98. That is to say.
100. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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