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1. Wild and domestic cattle.
4. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
8. A bachelor's degree in music.
12. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
16. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
17. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon.
20. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
21. Someone who tracks down game.
23. A seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
28. Altered from an originally straight condition.
30. Congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters).
32. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
35. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
38. An oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde.
41. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy.
43. One of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi.
45. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
47. Loss of the ability to move a body part.
48. Possessing material wealth.
49. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
50. The capital of Western Samoa.
54. Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile).
55. Ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side.
57. Baby bed with high sides.
59. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
60. A large bonnet that shades the face.
61. Enough to meet a purpose.
63. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
64. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
65. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
66. The fifth day of the week.
67. A Chinese puzzle consisting of a square divided into seven pieces that must be arranged to match particular designs.
69. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
73. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
74. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
75. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
76. English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957).
79. An unforeseen obstacle.
85. A stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune.
87. A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
89. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
90. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
91. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
93. An organization of military land forces.
94. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
95. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
96. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
97. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
98. Tag the base runner to get him out.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. An honorary degree in science.
4. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
5. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
6. The food served and eaten at one time.
7. An enclosed space.
8. English monk and scholar (672-735).
9. A city in north central Venezuela.
10. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
11. United States politician who arranged for the purchase of Alaska from Russia (known at the time as Seward's Folly) (1801-1872).
12. (chemistry, physics, biology) Resistant to change.
13. Low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage.
14. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
15. (British slang) An absolute certainty.
22. Unknown god.
25. Ruffed grouse.
27. Someone who fights for a cause.
29. Relating to or included in the zodiac.
31. The basic unit of money in Vietnam.
33. Wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi.
34. A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.
36. Waterproofed canvas.
37. The absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
39. A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea.
40. A line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable.
42. A state in east central United States.
44. The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.
46. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
51. East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder.
52. A motley assortment of things.
53. A large outdoor fire.
56. A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.
58. Someone who plays a bugle.
62. A city in southeastern Spain.
63. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
68. The capital of Lesotho.
69. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
70. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
71. Make lighter or brighter.
72. A native of ancient Troy.
73. The habitation of wild animals.
77. Clarified butter used in Indian cookery.
78. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
80. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
81. A city in northern India.
82. Common Indian weaverbird.
83. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
84. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
86. (Irish) The sea personified.
88. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
92. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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