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1. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
4. The seventh month of the civil year.
9. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
13. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
16. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
17. With rapid movements.
18. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
19. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
20. A rester who is sleeping.
22. Any external parasitic organism (as fleas).
23. The universal time coordinated time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body.
24. An herb with milky juice.
25. A successful womanizer (after a fictional seducer).
27. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
28. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
30. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
31. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
34. Of or being the lowest female voice.
36. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
42. Being one more than one.
45. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
49. The month following March and preceding May.
50. The spirit of evil in Zoroastrianism.
52. Sour or bitter in taste.
53. A person who eats human flesh.
56. Make amends for.
57. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
58. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
59. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
61. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
62. A member of a European people who occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul in pre-Roman times.
63. (Old Testament) A judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah.
66. Humorously vulgar.
68. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
69. (informal) Of the highest quality.
71. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
72. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
76. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
79. A resident of Kansas.
81. (Phoenician and Philistine) God of agriculture and the earth.
85. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
88. Rounded like an egg.
90. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
91. A bachelor's degree in theology.
92. A small cake leavened with yeast.
93. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
94. A notable achievement.
95. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
96. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
97. Common Indian weaverbird.
98. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.
2. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
3. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
4. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.
5. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
6. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
7. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
8. A condition requiring relief.
9. A worker who attaches something by nailing it.
10. The second larges of the four main islands of Japan.
11. Any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones.
12. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
13. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
14. Small branch or division of a branch.
15. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
21. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.
26. A town in southern Turkey.
29. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
35. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
37. Covering designed to be worn on a person's body.
38. United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974).
39. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
40. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
41. A univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene.
43. Small individual study area in a library.
44. Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922).
46. Very spicy sauce made from tabasco peppers.
47. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
48. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
51. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
54. An announcement containing information about a future event.
55. Being nine more than forty.
60. Using speech rather than writing.
64. Covered with paving material.
65. The act of scanning.
67. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
68. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
70. Obsolete terms for legal insanity.
73. Jordan's port.
74. Type genus of the Gavidae.
75. A public promotion of some product or service.
77. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
78. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
80. Acid gritty-textured fruit.
81. (Irish) The sea personified.
82. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
83. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
84. A quantity of no importance.
86. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
87. An informal term for a father.
89. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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