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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm.
9. Type genus of the Majidae.
13. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
16. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
17. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed.
18. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
19. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
20. Informal terms.
22. Felt hat with a creased crown.
24. Either extremity of something that has length.
25. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
26. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
28. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
30. A state in New England.
31. A complex inorganic compound that contains ammonia molecules.
33. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
36. In bed.
38. Dangerous to yourself or your interests.
41. Being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. Flat tableland with steep edges.
46. Type genus of the Rubiaceae.
47. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
50. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
51. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
53. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
55. The slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf.
57. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
59. How long something has existed.
60. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
61. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
62. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
64. An Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean.
68. Scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere.
72. The system of numbering pages.
73. The back side of the neck.
76. United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963).
79. Register formally.
82. Jordan's port.
84. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
87. An Eskimo hut.
88. (Greek mythology) A giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis.
89. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
90. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
92. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
93. An island northwest of Wales.
97. In or of the present month.
98. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
99. Denuded of leaves.
100. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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1. A native or inhabitant of Scotland.
2. Inventory accounting in which the most recently acquired items are assumed to be the first sold.
3. Free from risk or danger.
4. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
5. Filled with vapor.
6. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
7. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
8. Aroused to impatience or anger.
9. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
10. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. (Old Testament) An Israelite prophet who is remembered for his angry lamentations (jeremiads) about the wickedness of his people (circa 626-587 BC).
12. Lacking motor coordination.
13. Be earlier in time.
14. A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion.
15. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
21. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bahrain or its people or language.
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set.
29. A feeling of ill will arousing active hostility.
32. Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929).
34. Cheap or pretentious display.
35. Someone with the power to settle matters at will.
37. The capital of Switzerland.
39. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
40. A quadrille for 8 or 16 couples.
42. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
43. Remove gas from.
48. A broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. Not in good physical or mental health.
54. A city and port in northern Jutland.
56. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
58. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
63. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
65. A ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation.
66. Makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes.
67. American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758).
68. Aroused to impatience or anger.
69. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
70. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
71. A compact mass.
74. A city in northeastern Ohio.
75. An effortful attempt to attain a goal.
77. Lower in esteem.
78. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
80. A song that was formerly popular.
81. A Bantu language.
83. An associate degree in nursing.
85. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
86. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
91. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
94. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
95. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
96. Being nine more than forty.
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