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1. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
4. One thousandth of a second.
8. A long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening.
12. Avatar of Vishnu.
16. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
17. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
18. A small stream.
19. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
20. Dreamy in mood or nature.
22. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
24. Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven.
25. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
26. Bearing or marked with a label or tag.
29. Divulge information or secrets.
30. 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.
31. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
33. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
34. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
35. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
39. A member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Mohammed.
43. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
45. A unit of length equal to 3 feet.
48. Being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the Civil War.
49. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
51. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
52. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
56. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
60. A large quantity of written matter.
61. Italian Benedictine monk who was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109.
62. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
63. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
64. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
65. Make amends for.
67. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
68. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
69. A severe or trying experience.
72. New Guinea echidnas.
75. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
78. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
83. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
84. An alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge.
88. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
92. The basic unit of money in Albania.
93. Fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes.
94. A Russian river.
96. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
97. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
98. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
99. English monk and scholar (672-735).
100. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
2. Relating to or caused by a virus.
3. A drama set to music.
4. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
5. United States space station.
6. 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.
7. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
8. A set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme.
9. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
10. Someone who makes or gives a pledge.
11. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
12. The capital of Morocco.
13. The sixth month of the civil year.
14. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
15. Chief port of Yemen.
21. A person with albinism.
23. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
27. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
36. United States chemist noted for discovering the series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis (1911- ).
37. A native or inhabitant of Armenia.
38. A dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit.
40. Poorly stated or described.
41. A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend.
42. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
44. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (27,890 feet high).
46. Great coolness and composure under strain.
47. Squirrel monkeys.
50. Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward.
53. A circular segment of a curve.
54. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
55. Has cams attached to it.
57. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
58. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
59. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
66. The second larges of the four main islands of Japan.
70. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
71. Stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult v 1.
73. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
74. The largest city of Cameroon.
76. An island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey.
77. 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha.
78. A person who puts finishing edges on a garment.
79. In bed.
80. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
81. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
82. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
83. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
85. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
86. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
87. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
89. An honorary degree in science.
90. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
91. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
95. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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