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1. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
4. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
8. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
12. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
16. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
17. Type genus of the Cracidae.
18. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
20. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
21. Heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds.
23. A favorite saying of a sect or political group.
24. American novelist (1909-1955).
26. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
28. An extravagantly enthusiastic review.
29. A city in Veneto.
31. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
32. Swiss painter influenced by Kandinsky (1879-1940).
33. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
36. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
37. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
40. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
43. Rounded like an egg.
47. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
48. Any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds.
52. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
53. A person who evokes boredom.
55. Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses.
56. A container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual).
58. Release through one's pores, as of sweat.
61. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
62. An informal term for a father.
63. Chief port and economic center of Nigeria.
64. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
65. Examine by palpation for medical purposes.
68. (of tempo) Slow adv.
69. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
70. Not divisible by two.
73. The sixth month of the civil year.
76. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
83. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
84. The overhead upper surface of a room.
87. A city in northern India.
88. Type genus of the Anatidae.
90. A mountain peak in central Washington.
92. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
93. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
94. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
96. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
97. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
98. English writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606).
99. Any competition.
100. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
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1. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
2. The ending of a series or sequence.
3. Freed from illness or injury.
4. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
5. Baby bed with high sides.
6. Type genus of the Ranidae.
7. Praise, glorify, or honor.
8. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
9. Ending in a sharp point.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. Become imbued.
12. A knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain).
13. Of or relating to alga.
14. Steal goods.
15. The recipient of funds or other benefits.
22. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
25. Mason wasps.
27. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. Of or pertaining to adnexa.
38. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
39. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
41. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
42. Surpassing in quality.
44. The capital and largest city of Austria.
45. Accumulate on the surface.
46. A dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap.
49. Boer statesman (1825-1904).
50. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
51. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
54. The part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent.
57. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
59. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
60. A peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea.
66. Of or relating to or functioning as a phrase.
67. Excessive desire to eat.
68. Praise, glorify, or honor.
71. German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913).
72. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
74. The brightest star in Cygnus.
75. Make less active or intense.
77. So thin as to transmit light.
78. An associate degree in nursing.
79. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
80. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
81. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
82. Australian clover fern.
85. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
86. The eighth month of the civil year.
89. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
91. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
92. A rounded projection or protuberance.
95. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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