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1. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
4. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
8. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
12. An unforeseen obstacle.
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
17. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
18. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
19. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
20. The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
22. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
24. Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth.
25. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
28. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
29. A special way of doing something.
31. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
32. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
34. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
37. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
38. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
39. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
46. Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948).
48. French philosopher and critic.
50. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
52. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
53. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
54. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
55. Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.
56. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
57. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
59. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
64. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
67. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
68. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.
69. Characteristic of a region.
71. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
72. Spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth.
75. A populous province in northeastern China.
78. Greek mythology.
80. Of or relating to or involving an area.
84. Acting according to certain accepted standards.
87. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
89. The second day of the week.
90. Large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters.
92. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
94. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
95. Either extremity of something that has length.
96. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
97. A small cake leavened with yeast.
98. Informal terms for the mouth.
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1. Powdery starch from certain sago palms.
2. Using speech rather than writing.
3. The 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. Being one more than fifty.
6. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
7. Most important element.
8. Constituting the full quantity or extent.
9. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
10. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
11. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
12. White Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after the Civil War usually for self-interest.
13. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
14. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
15. Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200).
21. Of or relating to or characteristic of Monaco or its people.
23. Not divisible by two.
26. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. A large fleet.
30. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
33. A master's degree in business.
35. Diverge from the expected.
36. To run away.
40. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
41. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
42. The Italian region on the island of Sicily.
43. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
44. (biology) In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation.
45. Genus of tropical hardwood timber trees.
47. The harvesting of hay.
49. Humorously vulgar.
51. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
58. Learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it.
60. Above the surround or above the normal position.
61. Qualities that do not give pleasure to the senses.
62. Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784).
63. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
65. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
66. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. A narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative.
73. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
74. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
76. Very dark black.
77. Something that hinders as if with bonds v 1.
79. An informal term for a father.
81. Suggestive of the supernatural.
82. Type genus of the Amiidae.
83. An artificial source of visible illumination.
85. (prefix) Reverse of or absence of.
86. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
88. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
91. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
93. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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