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1. Top part of an apron.
4. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
8. A blind god.
12. The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
16. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
17. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
20. A port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of Oman.
22. A tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired.
24. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
25. A petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
27. Offering fun and gaiety.
29. A state in northwestern North America.
30. The content of cognition.
32. A state in north central United States.
33. Any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of whit or mauve flowers.
35. Habitually complaining.
38. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
40. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
41. An indirect suggestion.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. A dicot family of the order Urticales including.
49. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
50. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
51. (Irish) Goddess.
52. Pulled or drawn tight.
53. A genus of Mustelidae.
55. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
56. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
57. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
59. (botany) Especially of leaves.
64. The setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account.
66. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
67. God of the Underworld.
68. An associate degree in nursing.
69. Half the width of an em.
70. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
72. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
74. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
78. A public promotion of some product or service.
79. The 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
82. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
87. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
89. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
90. A shed containing a number of beehives.
92. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
95. A small island.
97. An affirmative.
98. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
99. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
100. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
101. Towards the side away from the wind.
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1. An explosive device fused to denote under specific conditions.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
3. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
4. Malevolent aspect of Devi.
5. Take in solid food.
6. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
7. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
8. Any of several Orthodox Jewish sects who reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel.
9. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
10. Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid.
11. A term in a proposition that is related to the referent of the proposition.
12. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
13. Used of a single unit or thing.
14. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
15. English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703).
21. A musical composition for five performers.
23. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
26. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
28. A basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression).
31. Tiresomely long.
34. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
36. A major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts.
37. The crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals.
39. East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan.
43. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
44. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
46. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
47. Type genus of the Anhimidae.
48. A postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory.
54. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
58. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
60. The Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people.
61. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs.
62. Low tufted white-woolly yellow-flowered herb of California.
63. The emotion of hate.
65. Included seven times in every 19 years.
71. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
73. An associate degree in applied science.
75. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
76. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
77. An Asian river.
80. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).
81. Lower in esteem.
83. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
84. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
85. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
86. An elaborate song for solo voice.
88. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
89. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
91. A young woman making her debut into society.
93. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
94. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
96. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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