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1. According to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions).
4. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
9. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
13. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
16. Being one more than two.
17. Freed from illness or injury.
18. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
19. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
20. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
22. Goddess of fertility.
24. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
25. Having much flesh (especially fat).
26. Of or relating to alga.
27. A pad of paper for keeping notes.
29. Lack of strength or vigor esp from illness.
31. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
33. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
35. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
37. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
38. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
39. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
47. An affirmative.
50. The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.
52. A Pacific island north of Australia.
54. The wife or widow of a czar.
56. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
57. Russian choreographer (1834-1905).
59. Tag the base runner to get him out.
61. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
62. Italian poet considered the national poet of modern Italy (1835-1907).
66. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
67. A bed supporting a road.
70. The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
71. Having leadership guidance.
73. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
76. Not reflecting light.
77. General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate.
78. A small cake leavened with yeast.
81. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
84. Type genus of the Gavidae.
88. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
91. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
93. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
94. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
95. Not restrained or confined or attached.
96. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
97. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
98. A doctor's degree in education.
99. Not very intelligent or interested in culture.
100. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
101. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
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1. A city in Tuscany.
2. The basic unit of money in Iran.
3. Large Indian antelope.
4. (biology) Rough to the touch.
5. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
6. A plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate.
7. A broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle.
8. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
9. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
10. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
11. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
12. A light touch or stroke.
13. Remove completely from recognition or memory.
14. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
15. Reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa.
21. A genus of Ploceidae.
23. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
28. German mathematician (1804-1851).
30. A period of time spent sleeping.
32. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
34. The state of being split or cleft.
36. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
40. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
41. Any expected deliverer.
42. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
43. Fraught with extreme danger.
44. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
45. Tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head.
46. In a brash cheeky manner.
48. Spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth.
49. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
51. An encroachment or intrusion.
53. Cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
58. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
60. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
63. A book containing models of good penmanship.
64. Testacean rhizopods.
65. The ending of a series or sequence.
68. A young unmarried woman.
69. Divulge information or secrets.
72. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
74. A major waterfall in southern Africa.
75. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
79. In bed.
80. With no effort to conceal.
82. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
83. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
85. Characteristic of false pride.
86. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
87. The sixth month of the civil year.
89. Marked by skill in deception.
90. A toilet in England.
91. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
92. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
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