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1. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
4. Wasting of the body during a chronic disease.
9. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
13. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so.
18. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
19. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902).
22. The quality of being a hindrance.
24. A small cake leavened with yeast.
26. Spread abroad or out.
28. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.
29. Reduce to lay status.
31. A low area where the land is saturated with water.
33. A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga.
36. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
38. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
39. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
43. Apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel).
47. A sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey.
49. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
52. A plant disease caused by the ergot fungus.
53. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
54. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
55. Type genus of the Salmonidae.
56. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
60. A black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin.
63. Affecting things past.
65. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
66. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
69. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
72. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
73. Goddess of fate.
75. Relating to the Urdu language.
77. A public promotion of some product or service.
78. Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers.
80. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
81. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
83. Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication.
85. (Phoenician and Philistine) God of agriculture and the earth.
89. A tall upright megalith.
92. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
94. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
95. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
96. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
98. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
99. A notable achievement.
100. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
101. Chief port of Yemen.
102. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
103. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
5. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
6. Of or relating to or containing barium.
7. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
8. A way of access consisting of a set of steps.
9. A journey in a vehicle driven by someone else.
10. National capital of Kiribati.
11. (of panes of glass) Fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead.
12. The 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
13. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
14. Back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked.
15. A resin used in adhesives and paints.
23. A brimless Scottish cap with a flat top.
25. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
27. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
34. A chronic contagious viral disease marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue.
35. Steering mechanism for a vessel.
37. A person who shows no gratitude.
40. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
41. South African term for `boss'.
42. Relating to or near the ulna.
44. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
45. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
46. Having the back and shoulders rounded.
48. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
50. The overhang at the lower edge of a roof.
51. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
57. A name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH.
58. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
59. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
61. Cut off or left behind.
62. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
64. A process of using up or consuming again.
67. A tributary of the Rhine.
68. A person who is not a serf or a slave.
69. A way of access consisting of a set of steps.
70. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
71. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
72. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
74. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
76. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
79. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
80. A Mid-Atlantic state.
82. A river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland.
84. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
86. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
87. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
88. A quantity of no importance.
90. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
91. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
93. Take in solid food.
97. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
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