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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
5. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
9. A constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Octans.
13. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. British politician (1788-1850).
17. Advanced in years.
18. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
19. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
20. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
23. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
24. A written order directing a bank to pay money.
26. Twist or braid together, interlace.
27. Affect with wonder.
29. A Loloish language.
32. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
33. A unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter.
37. An associate degree in nursing.
38. Before noon.
39. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
41. Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929).
46. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
48. Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.
50. The sign language used in the United States.
51. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
52. Offensively curious or inquisitive.
53. Cause to become alive again.
55. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
59. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
61. An important question that is in dispute and must be settled.
62. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as').
63. Call forth.
64. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
65. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
67. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
68. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
69. (prefix) Within.
71. (combining form) Former.
72. A person to whom money is paid.
75. Chief port of Yemen.
78. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
81. The content of cognition.
85. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
88. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
90. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
92. A master's degree in business.
93. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
94. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
95. Material used to daub walls.
96. Not in good physical or mental health.
97. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
98. A record in which commercial accounts are recorded.
99. A city in northern India.
100. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. The 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
3. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.
4. Raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit.
5. The bill in a restaurant.
6. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
7. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
8. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
9. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
10. Decrease gradually or bit by bit.
11. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
12. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
13. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
14. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani.
15. Toward the inside of the cheek.
25. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
28. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
31. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
34. Relating to anemia or suffering from anemia.
35. Expressing offensive reproach.
36. Marked by casual disrespect.
40. An attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill).
42. The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave.
43. A bridge partner who increases the partner's bid.
44. Cause to be more favorably inclined.
45. (trademark) A piece of soft absorbent paper (usually two or more thin layers) used as a disposable handkerchief.
47. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
49. Carotenoid that makes tomatoes red.
54. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
56. Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania.
57. Run away secretly with one's beloved.
58. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
60. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
66. The middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states.
67. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
70. A Russian river.
73. Love intensely.
74. Desire strongly or persistently.
76. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
77. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
79. Jordan's port.
80. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
82. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse.
83. A quantity of no importance.
84. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
86. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
87. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
89. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
91. Of inferior or mixed breed.
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