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1. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
5. A lyric poet.
9. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
13. The sound made by corvine birds.
16. A circular segment of a curve.
17. An Asian river between China and Russia.
18. A tributary of the Rhine.
19. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
20. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
22. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
24. The twelfth month of the civil year.
26. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
27. Provide with choice or abundant food or drink.
28. A metric unit of capacity equal to the volume of 1 kilogram of pure water at 4 degrees centigrade and 760 mm of mercury (or approximately 1.76 pints).
29. A woman poet.
31. One of three artisans of the gods.
33. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
36. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
38. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
39. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
44. Irritate or vex.
45. A bachelor's degree in science.
47. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
50. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
52. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
55. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
56. A large fleet.
59. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
61. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
64. English Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910).
65. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
66. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
70. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
71. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
73. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
74. Employed in accomplishing something.
77. German mathematician (1804-1851).
80. Someone who rows a boat.
83. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
84. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
88. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
89. A long and hard-hit fly ball.
92. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
94. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
95. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
96. Suggestive of the supernatural.
97. Not final or absolute.
98. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
99. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
100. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
101. (Scottish) A narrow secluded valley (in the mountains).
102. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
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1. A major god.
2. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
3. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
4. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
5. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
6. (archaic) Utterly cast down.
7. The basic unit of money in Sri Lanka.
8. Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid.
9. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
10. Of surpassing excellence.
11. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
12. A minor match preceding the main event.
13. A genus of Caltha.
14. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
15. One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
21. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
23. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
25. United States chemist who developed a method of radiocarbon dating (1908-1980).
30. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
32. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
34. Breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire.
35. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
37. A port city in southwestern Iran.
40. In bed.
41. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
42. Someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs.
43. The capital of Malta.
46. Wood of a sumac.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. (often used in combination) Not genuine but having the appearance of.
51. Obsolete terms for legal insanity.
53. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
54. Loss of the ability to swallow.
57. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
58. Largest known toad species.
60. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
62. The practice of living without clothes for reasons of health.
63. Capital of Nigeria in the center of the country.
67. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
68. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
69. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
72. (usually followed by `to') Full of eagerness.
75. To fix or set securely or deeply.
76. Indigo bush.
78. Raise trivial objections.
79. Excessively fat.
81. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
82. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
83. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
85. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
86. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
87. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
90. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
91. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
93. Estrangement from god.
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