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1. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
4. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
8. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
12. A book of the New Testament.
16. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
17. The complete duration of something.
18. (electronics) Designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel.
19. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
20. A protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building.
22. (British) A disparaging term for an appointee.
23. A compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing.
24. A source of oil.
26. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
28. Emotionally hardened.
29. Dearly loved.
31. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
32. Plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem.
35. The capital city of Vietnam.
38. A bachelor's degree in library science.
41. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
42. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
43. Type genus of the Ariidae.
44. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
47. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
51. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
53. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
55. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
56. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
57. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
60. Of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color.
61. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
63. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
66. The superior of a group of nuns.
68. Offering fun and gaiety.
70. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
72. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
73. Used of a single unit or thing.
75. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
76. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
78. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
82. An ideal instance.
86. Type genus of the Amiidae.
87. Not desired.
91. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
92. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
93. Pasta in the form of slender tubes.
94. A notable achievement.
95. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
96. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
97. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin.
2. Any cycad of the genus Dioon.
3. United States comic actor in silent films.
4. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
5. Earnest or urgent request.
6. (Greek mythology) A maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers.
7. Complacently or inanely foolish.
8. Make amendments to.
9. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
10. An organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live.
11. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
12. A unit of inductance equal to one billionth of a henry.
13. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York state.
14. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
15. Wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh.
21. A New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits.
25. Cook in liquid.
27. Moderate in type or degree or effect or force.
30. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
33. Romanian sculptor noted for abstractions of animal forms (1876-1957).
34. Fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers.
36. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
37. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
39. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
40. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
45. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
46. Soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees.
48. American and Asiatic trees having edible one-seeded fruit.
49. Divulge information or secrets.
50. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
52. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
54. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
58. The force applied to a unit area of surface.
59. Any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers.
62. A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle.
63. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
64. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
65. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
67. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
68. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York state.
69. Open to change.
71. Any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers.
72. In operation or operational.
74. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
77. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
79. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
80. Large American feline resembling a lion.
81. Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come.
82. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
83. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
84. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
85. A quantity of no importance.
88. (British) Your grandmother.
89. An honorary degree in science.
90. A state of southwestern India.
91. Any loose flowing garment.
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