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1. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
4. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
8. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
12. Relating to the Urdu language.
16. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
17. A branch of the Tai languages.
18. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
19. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
20. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
21. Sprinkled over.
23. (statistics) Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value.
24. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
26. Beer brewed for immediate consumption.
28. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
31. The act of scanning.
33. An incurable optimist in "Candide" (a satire by Voltaire).
37. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
39. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
44. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
47. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
49. God of the Underworld.
51. Any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia.
52. Cuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain (1853-1895).
53. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
54. Italian actress best known for her performances in tragic roles (1858-1924).
55. Conforming to truth.
56. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
57. Used of physical heat.
59. A long-playing phonograph record.
60. In the process of being born or beginning.
62. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
66. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
67. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
68. Annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages.
69. Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.
70. (botany) Relating to or attached to the axis.
71. A state in midwestern United States.
72. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
75. A Mid-Atlantic state.
76. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
80. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
82. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
89. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
92. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
93. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
95. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
97. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
98. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
99. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
100. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
101. A light touch or stroke.
102. Made warm or hot.
103. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
104. A sign of something about to happen.
105. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
106. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
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1. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
2. The sixth month of the civil year.
3. Wish harm upon.
4. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
5. (British) Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms.
6. Opinion or judgment.
7. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
8. Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct.
9. Chief port of Yemen.
10. English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820).
11. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
12. Cause to lose one's nerve.
13. A submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water.
14. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
15. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
22. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
25. A pass between mountain peaks.
27. Tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage.
29. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
30. Involving the entire earth.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. A genus of Psittacidae.
35. Be expected to.
36. A space that is contained within another space.
38. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
40. The act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto.
41. Not converted to leather by a tanning agent.
42. A gate at the rear of a vehicle.
45. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
46. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
48. A Finnish steam bath.
50. Not reflecting light.
58. The second largest city in Tunisia.
61. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
63. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
64. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
65. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
73. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
74. A flexible container with a single opening.
77. United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression (1895-1965).
78. Enthusiastic approval.
79. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
81. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
83. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
84. A projectile that is fired from a gun.
85. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
86. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
87. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
88. The central area of a church.
90. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
91. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
94. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
96. A container.
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