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1. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
4. Shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit.
11. God of love and erotic desire.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. Dark sweet or semisweet dessert wine from Sicily.
17. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
18. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
20. Horned vipers.
21. Common Indian weaverbird.
22. Remove the tusks of animals.
24. A town in northern Egypt.
26. Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body.
29. Material used to daub walls.
30. The event of being born.
33. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
37. A large fleet.
38. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
40. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
42. A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.
43. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
44. A mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture).
46. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
49. The sign language used in the United States.
50. Strike sharply.
51. Representation of the cross on which Jesus died.
54. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping.
56. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
57. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
60. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
61. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
62. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
63. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
68. A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators.
70. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
71. Any plant of the genus Erica.
73. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
74. A port city in southwestern Iran.
77. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
78. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
79. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
80. An informal term for a father.
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1. Wearing or provided with clothing.
2. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
3. An informal conversation.
4. Broken into sharp pieces.
5. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
6. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
7. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
8. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
9. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
10. A port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of Oman.
11. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
12. The sixth month of the civil year.
13. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
14. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
19. Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.
23. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
25. A member of the Siouan people of the Arkansas river valley in Arkansas.
27. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
28. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
31. Type genus of the Ariidae.
32. The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form.
34. Type genus of the Apogonidae.
35. A body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral.
36. An ore that is the chief source of zinc.
39. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
41. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
45. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture.
47. A minor match preceding the main event.
48. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
52. Small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions.
53. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
55. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
58. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
59. A nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank.
64. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
65. The basic unit of money on Malta.
66. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
67. A quantity of no importance.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
75. A public promotion of some product or service.
76. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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