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1. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
4. A former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission.
9. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
13. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
16. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
17. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
18. A standard or model or pattern regarded as typical.
19. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
20. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
21. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
22. English essayist (1775-1834).
23. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
24. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
26. The largest of the islands comprising Antigua and Barbuda.
29. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
31. A kind of polyester fabric.
33. Ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water.
35. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
38. Type genus of the Cyatheaceae.
42. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
43. An endorsement.
45. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
46. An unbroken series of events.
49. God of wisdom or prophesy.
52. (British slang) An absolute certainty.
53. United States songwriter and playwright famous for his patriotic songs (1878-1942).
55. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
56. A master's degree in fine arts.
57. How long something has existed.
58. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
60. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
63. Give a description of.
65. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
66. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
67. Made tough by habitual exposure.
68. Highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried.
70. A heavy precious metallic element.
71. An essential amino acid found in proteins.
72. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
73. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
76. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
77. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
80. A city in north central Morocco.
83. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
90. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
92. A port in southwestern Scotland.
95. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
96. A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments.
97. An ancient Iranian language.
99. A special way of doing something.
100. The residue that remains when something is burned.
101. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
102. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
103. (prefix) Within.
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1. A city in east central Texas.
2. Divulge information or secrets.
3. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
4. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
5. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
6. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
7. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
8. A state of extreme poverty.
9. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
10. A group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea.
11. Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc..
12. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
13. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
25. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
27. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
28. Ludicrously odd.
30. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
32. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
34. The process of an individual organism growing organically.
36. A style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law.
37. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
39. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
40. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
41. Bring dishonor upon.
44. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
47. Of southern Asia.
48. A bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena.
50. Of or in or relating to the nose.
51. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
54. Tag the base runner to get him out.
59. The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal).
61. Lacking in light.
62. A beckoning gesture.
64. A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British).
69. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
74. God of love and erotic desire.
75. Of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people.
78. Affect with wonder.
79. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
81. Make improvements or corrections to.
82. A trade language widely used in Chad.
84. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
85. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
86. Humble request for help.
87. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
88. The income arising from land or other property.
89. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
91. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
93. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
94. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
98. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
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