1. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
4. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
9. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
13. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
16. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
17. Lower in esteem.
18. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
20. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
21. Resembling lather or covered with lather.
23. An uproarious party.
24. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
25. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
27. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
30. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
31. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
33. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
34. Transient cessation of respiration.
36. Chipmunks of eastern North America.
39. A game played with playing cards.
43. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
44. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
46. (British slang) An absolute certainty.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. Water buffalo of the Philippines.
52. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
53. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
55. Water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air.
56. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
57. Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis.
60. Relating to or accompanying birth.
63. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
64. Of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture.
66. A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
68. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
69. A dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae.
71. A unit of perceived loudness equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz tone at 40 dB above threshold.
72. A quantity of no importance.
73. The residue that remains when something is burned.
75. Fiddler crabs.
80. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
86. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
90. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
91. A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function.
93. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
95. The month following February and preceding April.
96. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
97. A Finnish steam bath.
98. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
99. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
100. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
101. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
102. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
103. Inquire about.

1. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
4. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Effusively or insincerely emotional.
7. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
8. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
9. In this sense `Gentile' denotes a Christian as contrasted with a Jew.
10. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
11. English monk and scholar (672-735).
12. A permanent council of the United Nations.
13. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
14. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
15. 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.
22. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
26. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
28. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
29. Grayish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
32. Material used to daub walls.
35. Genus of woody Asiatic vines.
37. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
38. A battle in 1800 in which the French under Napoleon Bonaparte won a great victory over the Austrians.
40. A response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude.
41. Often cultivated for the decorative foliage.
42. Cut off or left behind.
45. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
48. French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524).
50. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
51. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
54. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
58. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
59. Type genus of the Anatidae.
61. Measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation.
62. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
65. City in Sudan.
67. Either of two muscles of the abdomen and pelvis that flex the trunk and rotate the thigh.
70. A native or inhabitant of Bhutan.
71. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
74. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
76. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
77. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
78. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
79. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
81. A city in northern India.
82. Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of.
83. Indian physicist who with Albert Einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles.
84. Largest known toad species.
85. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
87. Type genus of the Amiidae.
88. South African term for `boss'.
89. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
92. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
94. The compass point midway between east and southeast.