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1. Water frozen in the solid state.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. Erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers.
12. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
16. A very small circular shape.
17. An informal term for a father.
18. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
19. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
20. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
22. Jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women).
24. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
25. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
27. An expression of greeting.
29. Register formally.
30. A state in midwestern United States.
31. A bachelor's degree in music.
32. Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin.
36. A line that forms the length of an arrow pointer.
40. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
41. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
42. Type genus of the Anatidae.
44. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy.
45. Enthusiastic approval.
47. (Greek mythology) The Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry.
49. The longest division of geological time.
50. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
52. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
55. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
56. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
59. A common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate.
61. An alkalating agent (trade name Leukeran) used to treat some kinds of cancer.
64. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
65. Growing in two parts or in pairs.
68. A joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other.
69. A huge destructive wave (especially one caused by an earthquake).
73. Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central and South America.
76. A genus of Ploceidae.
78. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
81. Undergo resorption.
86. Of or relating an apse.
88. The cry made by sheep.
89. The seventh and last day of the week.
90. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
92. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
93. Many times at short intervals.
94. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
95. The means of connection between things linked in series.
96. A word or expression used for some particular thing.
97. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. In the Roman calendar.
2. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
3. Someone who etches.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
6. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
7. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
8. United States operatic soprano (born in 1929).
9. Using speech rather than writing.
10. German mathematician (1804-1851).
11. Used of a single unit or thing.
12. God of wisdom or prophesy.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
15. Type genus of the Amiidae.
21. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
23. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
26. Wild geese.
28. True mosses.
33. Having escaped, especially from confinement.
34. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
35. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
37. Mildly laxative n.
38. Masturbation by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd).
39. Glittering with gold or silver.
43. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
46. Someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession.
48. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
51. Found along western Atlantic coast.
53. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
54. Atlas moth.
57. A quantity that is added.
58. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
60. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
62. Of or concerning Qatar.
63. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
66. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
67. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
70. A Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
71. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
72. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
74. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
75. Social status or position conferred by a system based on class.
77. A document ordering the payment of money.
79. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
80. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
82. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
83. A slender double-reed instrument.
84. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
85. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
87. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
91. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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