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1. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
5. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
9. Ulcerated chilblain on the heel.
13. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. A French abbot.
17. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
18. English essayist (1775-1834).
19. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
21. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
23. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
25. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
28. A thrusting blow with a knife.
30. Of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the N Malay Peninsula and parts of the W Malay Archipelago.
32. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
36. The capital of Mali.
39. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
40. Tag the base runner to get him out.
45. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
46. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir and avenger of Balder.
48. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
50. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
51. A benign tumor composed of muscle tissue.
53. Make less active or intense.
55. Relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk.
58. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
59. Of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself.
60. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
61. 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.
62. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
63. Preserve a dead body.
65. Follower of Rastafarianism.
68. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
69. Of or relating to or involving an area.
73. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
74. Leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree.
76. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Thailand and Burmese borderlands.
77. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
79. Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.
82. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,870 feet high).
86. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
89. A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.
93. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
94. Make an etching of.
95. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
97. (computer science) A graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface.
100. A reason for wanting something done.
101. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
102. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
103. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. In bed.
3. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
4. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
5. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
6. The capital and largest city of Japan.
7. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
8. A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river.
9. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
10. An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.
11. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
12. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
13. One of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi.
14. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
15. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
22. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
24. The Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
29. The cry made by sheep.
31. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
33. A resident of Alabama.
34. Occurring at the beginning.
35. The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch).
37. A fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II.
38. A corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. A boy or man.
43. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
44. A healthy state of wellbeing free from disease.
47. Scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere.
49. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
52. Of or relating to or resembling the eye.
54. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
56. A bottle with a stopper.
57. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
64. Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals.
66. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
67. A man who is engaged to be married.
70. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
71. A newt in its terrestrial stage of development.
72. 10 grams.
75. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
77. The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
78. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
80. Any plant of the genus Erica.
81. A state in midwestern United States.
83. A globular water bottle used in Asia.
84. A fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed.
85. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
87. A small cake leavened with yeast.
88. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
90. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
91. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
92. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
96. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
98. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
99. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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