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1. (of light) Lacking in intensity or brightness.
4. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
9. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Step on it.
17. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
18. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
19. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
20. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
21. Make one's home or live in.
23. Fiddler crabs.
24. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
25. Belgian racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1945).
27. (of e.g. celestial bodies) Above the horizon.
28. A telegram sent abroad.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
31. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
32. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
38. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
42. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
45. Deeply moved.
46. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
48. A blind god.
49. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
50. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
51. (Roman mythology) Roman god of death.
53. Disorderly fighting.
55. Not often.
57. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
59. Metal shackles.
61. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
62. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
63. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
64. At full speed.
66. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
68. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
69. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
71. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
72. Render verbally, "recite a poem".
73. Humorously vulgar.
76. A light touch or stroke.
79. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
83. Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain.
87. A region of Malaysia on northwestern Borneo.
91. A branch of the Tai languages.
92. An appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips.
94. A port city in southwestern Iran.
96. A master's degree in business.
97. A master's degree in library science.
98. A domain in which something is dominant.
100. Not widely known.
101. Tag the base runner to get him out.
102. The basic unit of money in Albania.
103. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
104. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
105. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Hit hard.
2. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
3. Close at hand.
4. Become dark or darker.
5. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
6. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
7. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
8. A supplement to a will.
9. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
10. Norwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928).
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. Grayish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
13. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
14. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
15. American novelist (1909-1955).
22. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
26. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
29. Being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars.
33. A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction.
34. Make a subtraction.
35. The range within which a voice can be heard.
36. A unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar.
37. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
39. A person who lives and works on land.
40. Of or relating to apnea.
41. Enduring strength and energy.
43. Decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor.
44. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
47. Set in advance.
52. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
54. Same in identity.
56. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
58. A local and well-defined elevation of the land.
60. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
65. (Greek legend) The greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold.
67. Late time of life.
70. A town in northern Egypt.
71. Grayish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
74. Relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts.
75. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
77. State in northeastern India.
78. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
80. A genus of Lamnidae.
81. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
82. Jordan's port.
84. A flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces.
85. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
86. Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed.
88. Avatar of Vishnu.
89. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
90. The sixth month of the civil year.
93. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
95. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
99. 16 ounces.
100. Being nine more than forty.
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