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1. (informal) Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
4. Jordan's port.
9. Divulge information or secrets.
13. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
16. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
17. Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
18. A genus of Mustelidae.
19. A member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana.
20. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe.
22. Armor plate that protects the head.
24. A young woman making her debut into society.
25. The content of cognition.
26. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
28. The grasses.
30. A state in east central United States.
31. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
33. In bed.
35. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
36. A strong emotion.
38. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
39. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
41. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
42. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
43. An informal term for a father.
46. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
49. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
52. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
55. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
56. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
58. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
62. (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.
64. A recording made on magnetic tape.
65. Walk clumsily and with a bounce.
66. Originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites).
67. American filmmaker and comic actor (1935- ).
69. Mentally healthy.
70. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
72. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
75. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
76. An enclosed space.
79. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
81. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
84. God of wealth and love.
87. A Hindu prince or king in India.
90. A yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool.
92. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
95. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
96. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
97. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
99. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
100. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
101. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
102. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
103. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
104. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
2. Toward the mouth or oral region.
3. A long slender cigar.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. From fermented juice of black morello cherries.
6. The capital of Turkey.
7. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
8. Loss of the ability to swallow.
9. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
10. A rye bread made with molasses or brown sugar.
11. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
12. The peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II.
13. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
14. Utter obscenities or profanities.
15. A populous province in northeastern China.
21. A Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon.
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
29. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
32. United States food manufacturer who (with his brother) developed a breakfast cereal of crisp flakes of rolled and toasted wheat and corn.
34. Genus of North American plants with showy pealike flowers and an inflated pod.
37. Pioneer of non-Euclidean geometry (1826-1866).
40. A doctor's degree in education.
43. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
44. Compatibility in opinion and action.
45. A river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea.
47. Follower of Rastafarianism.
48. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
50. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
51. Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324).
54. True firs.
57. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
59. Great coolness and composure under strain.
60. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together.
61. Antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia.
63. An agency of the United Nations that promotes education and communication and the arts.
68. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
71. Any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads.
73. A port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic.
74. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
77. A mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path.
78. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
80. Greek mythology.
81. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
82. A twist or aberration.
83. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
85. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
86. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
88. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
89. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
91. (British) Your grandmother.
93. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
94. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
98. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
99. A state in midwestern United States.
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