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1. (Australian and New Zealand) A disparaging term for English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand.
4. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
8. Cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person.
12. Black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail.
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
18. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
19. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
20. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
21. Lac purified by heating and filtering.
23. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
24. A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge.
26. A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it.
28. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
29. The middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen.
31. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
33. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
34. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
38. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
40. Calculator consisting of a cord with attached cords.
45. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
46. A small island.
48. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
52. Type genus of the Apidae.
54. Type genus of the family Ancylidae.
56. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
57. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
58. Toward the mouth or oral region.
59. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
61. A genetic disorder of metabolism.
62. One celestial body obscures another v 1.
67. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
68. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
71. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
72. English essayist (1775-1834).
73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
75. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
76. (biology) Nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism.
78. Singing jazz.
81. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
84. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
85. Land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent.
87. Lower in esteem.
91. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
95. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
96. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
97. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
99. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
100. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
101. A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart.
102. Having been read.
103. Informal terms for money.
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1. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. An Indic language.
4. A strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
5. The residue that remains when something is burned.
6. The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.
7. A large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees.
8. Hit hard.
9. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
10. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
11. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
14. (combining form) Very large in scale or scope or capability.
15. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
22. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
25. Genus of small clump-forming fan palms of China and Japan.
27. Tag the base runner to get him out.
30. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. A favorable omen.
36. A resin used in adhesives and paints.
37. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
39. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
41. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
42. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
43. 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.
44. Of or relating to or functioning as a clause.
47. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
49. An act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification).
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
51. A port and tourist center in southwestern Italy.
53. Not in action or at work.
55. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
60. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
63. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
64. Seed of a pea plant.
65. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
66. According to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook.
69. A genus of Stromateidae.
70. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
74. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
77. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
79. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
80. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
82. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
83. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
86. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
88. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
89. Sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons.
90. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
92. Being five more than one hundred fifty.
93. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
94. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
98. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
99. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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