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1. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
4. A worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis.
8. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
12. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
18. A hazy or indistinct representation.
19. A notice of someone's death.
20. (informal) Exceptionally good.
22. The membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound.
23. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. Painter (born in Germany, resident of France and the United States) who was a cofounder of Dadaism.
27. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
29. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
30. A quantity of no importance.
31. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
32. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
33. Full of trivial conversation.
37. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
38. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
45. A member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin.
49. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
50. Loss of the ability to swallow.
53. Blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel.
54. A small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant.
56. (Christianity) Holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine.
58. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
59. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
60. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
62. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
64. The Creator.
66. Discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people.
67. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
68. A public promotion of some product or service.
69. The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum.
70. Enthusiastic approval.
74. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
76. A state in New England.
77. A person of unquestioning obedience.
82. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
86. A doctor's degree in music.
89. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
90. Receives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart.
91. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
92. (Babylonian) The sky god.
94. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
96. (informal) Roused to anger.
97. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
98. Present reasons and arguments.
99. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
100. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
3. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
4. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
5. Thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricles of the brain and the spinal cord canal.
6. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
7. Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality.
8. Wear away.
9. Grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units.
10. Wood of a sumac.
11. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
12. Relating to or included in the zodiac.
13. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
14. A stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably).
15. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements.
21. Marked by refinement in taste and manners.
26. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
28. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
34. A university in Massachusetts.
35. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
36. Of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure.
39. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
42. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
43. Of or relating to or near the nares.
44. The prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races.
46. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort).
47. A republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic.
48. Place or set apart.
51. An Asian river.
52. A rare soft silvery metallic element.
55. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
57. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
61. A small cake leavened with yeast.
63. French artist who immigrated to the United States.
65. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
71. Capital and largest city of Lebanon.
72. 16 ounces.
73. Having strength or power greater than average or expected.
74. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
75. The southern part of the ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah.
78. United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979).
79. French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of romanticism (1866-1925).
80. Type genus of the Gavidae.
81. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
83. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
84. (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.
85. Containing or filled with salt.
86. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
87. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
88. An informal term for a father.
93. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
95. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
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