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1. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
4. State in northeastern India.
9. Smallest merganser and most expert diver.
13. Of southern Europe.
16. Being two more than fifty.
17. All the animal life in a particular region.
18. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
19. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. The sign language used in the United States.
21. Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
22. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
23. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
24. (biology) Rough to the touch.
26. A cruel wicked and inhuman person.
28. An upholstered seat for more than one person.
29. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
31. A stock exchange in New York.
32. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
34. The sacred city of Lamaism.
37. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
41. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
43. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
47. A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri hills of southern India.
49. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
51. Of or relating to or derived from or containing boron.
52. Public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive.
54. The basic unit of money in Bulgaria.
55. A light touch or stroke.
57. Tall New Zealand timber tree.
58. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
59. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
61. An enclosed space.
62. An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal.
63. Of or relating to or near the coccyx.
65. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
68. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
71. The cry made by sheep.
73. Extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit.
75. Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs.
77. Flat tableland with steep edges.
80. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
82. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
83. Jordan's port.
85. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
86. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
90. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
93. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
94. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
95. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
97. Toward the mouth or oral region.
99. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
100. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
101. A bottomless gulf or pit.
102. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
103. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. A brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure.
2. A public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music.
3. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
4. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
5. Small turnover of Indian origin filled with vegetables or meat and fried and served hot.
6. The first light of day.
7. Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery.
8. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
9. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
10. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
11. Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin.
12. (used informally) Very small.
13. Advanced in years.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
15. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
25. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
27. Horned sheep of Devon.
30. A butcher's knife having a large square blade.
33. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
35. A humming noise.
36. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
38. Something that causes irritation and annoyance.
39. The triad of divinities of later Hinduism.
40. A famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813).
42. A state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility.
44. Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324).
45. A large round wicker basket (used on farms).
46. 16 ounces.
48. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
50. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
53. City in Sudan.
56. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
60. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
64. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
66. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
67. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
69. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
70. The major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula.
71. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
72. Small toothless anteater with prehensile tale and four-clawed forelimbs.
74. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
76. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
78. Well matched.
79. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
81. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
84. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
87. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
88. A sudden short attack.
89. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
91. Serving as an essential component.
92. The bill in a restaurant.
96. A soft silvery metallic element.
98. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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