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1. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
4. (prefix) Half or partial.
8. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
12. A notice of someone's death.
16. (informal) Of the highest quality.
17. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
19. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
20. Rapid and indistinct speech.
22. (anatomy) Of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart).
24. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
25. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
26. Lift forcefully from beneath.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers.
32. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
34. (psychology) Characterized by acceptance or approach.
37. Money demanded for the return of a captured person.
42. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
46. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
49. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
51. Type genus of the Anatidae.
52. A cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses.
54. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
55. Affectedly dainty or refined.
56. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
58. A homeless child who has been abandoned and roams the streets.
59. The largest of the four main islands of Japan.
60. Of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation.
62. European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors.
63. Goddess of fate.
64. A Black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s.
67. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
69. (dialect) A short straight stick of wood.
71. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
73. The sign language used in the United States.
74. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
76. A journey in a vehicle driven by someone else.
77. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
80. A cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef).
88. A person who gains weight.
89. City in northern Austria on the Danube.
91. A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers.
92. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
93. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
95. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
96. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
97. Water frozen in the solid state.
98. In bed.
99. The nest of a squirrel.
100. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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1. Type genus of the Majidae.
2. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
3. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
4. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
5. A very light brown.
6. Informal terms for a mother.
7. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
8. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
9. Being four more than sixty.
10. Oil palms.
11. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
12. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
13. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
14. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
15. Being of the age 13 through 19.
21. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
23. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
27. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
28. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
30. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
33. Soft suede glove leather from goatskin.
35. Dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor.
36. An indirect (and usually malicious) implication.
38. (Greek mythology) The goddess of divine retribution and vengeance.
39. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
40. Semi-parasitic herb with purple or white or pink flowers.
41. Not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
47. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
48. Be careful or certain to do something.
50. Humble request for help.
53. A colorless flammable liquid alkane derived from petroleum and used as a solvent.
57. Mated sexually.
61. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
65. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
66. Held in check with difficulty.
68. A sudden very loud noise.
70. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
72. (law) A group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen).
73. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
75. English monk and scholar (672-735).
76. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
78. Having the qualities of soap (and liable to slip away).
79. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
80. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
81. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
82. The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon.
83. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
84. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
85. United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981).
86. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
87. A primeval personification of air and breath.
90. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
94. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
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