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1. British informal term.
4. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
9. A fraudulent business scheme.
13. A unit of pressure.
16. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
17. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
18. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
19. The cry made by sheep.
20. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
21. Communicate electronically on the computer.
23. A unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A large fleet.
29. (Greek mythology) A sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine.
30. Any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa.
32. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
34. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
36. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
38. A transaction in the stock market at a price above the price of the preceding transaction.
42. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
46. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
47. Liveliness and energy.
48. An indication of approved or superior status.
51. A flock of geese.
53. Order by virtue of superior authority.
56. A member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste.
58. Delicately iridescent thimble-shaped ctenophores.
59. Band or rope made of twisted twigs or stems.
60. (mathematics) Directly proportional.
61. An angular shape made by folding.
62. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife.
63. A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers.
65. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
66. The basic unit of money in Saudi Arabia.
68. United States engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (born in 1916).
71. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
72. The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon.
78. A large two-handed saw formerly used to cut logs into planks.
82. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
84. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
85. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
86. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835).
90. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
92. Type genus of the Sulidae.
94. An American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War).
95. 100 fen equal 1 yuan.
96. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
97. (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.
98. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.
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1. A sails-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere near Carina.
2. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
3. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
4. Anneal or toughen by a process of gradually heating and cooling.
5. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
6. To gain with effort.
7. (Old Testament) A famous hunter.
8. American Revolutionary patriot.
9. Any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway.
10. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
13. Little known Kamarupan languages.
14. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
15. The officer below the master on a commercial ship.
22. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
24. A person who harvests grapes for making wine.
26. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
28. A state in northwestern North America.
31. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
33. (usually followed by `with' or used in a combining form) Having items suspended on or from a support.
35. Inflammation of a gland or lymph node.
37. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
39. A member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built.
40. The capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.
41. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
43. An absence of emotion or enthusiasm.
44. Avoid and stay away from deliberately.
45. Old World woody vines.
49. Having an oblique or slanted direction.
50. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
52. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
54. Not faithful to a spouse or lover.
55. Genus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers.
57. An honorary arts degree.
64. A small cut of meat including part of a rib.
67. A populous province in northeastern China.
69. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
70. Jerboa rats.
71. Little known Kamarupan languages.
73. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
74. Genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the Western Hemisphere.
75. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
76. Jordan's port.
77. Lower in esteem.
79. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
80. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
81. (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going".
83. A whetstone made of fine gritstone.
87. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
88. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
89. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
91. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
93. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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