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1. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
4. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
8. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
12. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
16. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
17. In bed.
18. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
19. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
20. God of wealth and love.
22. The distance around a person's body.
24. Not in action or at work.
25. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
26. The craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower jaw.
29. The bottom of a shoe or boot.
31. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
33. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
47. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
48. Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
49. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
51. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
52. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
54. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
55. Any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers.
56. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
58. The business of a dairy.
61. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
62. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
64. Type genus of the Ranidae.
65. (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology.
66. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
68. An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or low-birth-weight or seriously ill newborn.
69. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
70. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
73. Having leadership guidance.
74. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
80. The content of cognition.
83. A deep bow.
85. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
89. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
92. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
94. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
95. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
96. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
98. (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree.
99. On or toward the lee.
100. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
101. A Spanish river.
102. A kiln for drying hops.
103. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
2. Of a moderate orange-yellow color.
3. Any distinct time period in a sequence of events.
4. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
7. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
8. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
9. United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (born in 1905).
10. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
11. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
12. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
13. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
14. A flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces.
15. A European river.
21. An active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes.
23. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
27. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
30. Seed again or anew.
32. An informal term for a father.
34. A mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction.
35. A major school of Buddhism teaching social concern and universal salvation.
37. Relating to or affecting the infant during the first month after birth.
38. Release through one's pores, as of sweat.
39. Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances.
41. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
42. A public promotion of some product or service.
43. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
44. A mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path.
45. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
46. Humorously sarcastic or mocking.
50. A confusion of voices and other sounds.
53. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
57. A feeling of intense anger.
59. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
60. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
63. A salesman who travels to call on customers.
67. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
71. A state in midwestern United States.
72. Offering fun and gaiety.
75. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
76. Greek mythology.
77. Collect or gather.
78. An associate degree in nursing.
79. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
80. An honorary degree in science.
81. Formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
82. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
84. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
86. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
87. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
88. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
90. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
91. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
93. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
97. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
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