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1. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
4. Holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object.
8. Flat tableland with steep edges.
12. The capital of Western Samoa.
16. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
17. Similar or related in quality or character.
18. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
19. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
20. A town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast.
22. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
23. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
24. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
25. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
30. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
32. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
34. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
35. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
36. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
39. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
42. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
46. God of wisdom or prophesy.
47. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
48. Give encouragement to.
50. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
51. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
52. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
54. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
57. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
58. A French abbot.
60. Rambling talkativeness (especially in the aged).
63. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
65. Robbery at gunpoint.
67. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
68. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
72. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
73. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
75. Informal terms for a mother.
76. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
78. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
80. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
83. Type genus of the Apidae.
84. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
85. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
87. (archaic) Dressed or adorned (as for battle).
90. An honorary arts degree.
93. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
95. Having finished or arrived at completion.
96. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
98. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
99. Food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again.
100. (Japanese) A form of chess played on a board of 81 squares.
104. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
105. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
106. Low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage.
107. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
108. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
2. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
3. One of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills.
4. A sharp projection on an edge or surface.
5. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
6. An upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments.
7. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
8. A master's degree in fine arts.
9. A genus of Mustelidae.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
11. An associate degree in applied science.
12. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
13. Type genus of the Psophiidae.
14. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
15. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
21. A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river.
26. Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern.
27. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.
29. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
31. A white trivalent metallic element.
33. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
37. Advanced in years.
38. Highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic.
40. Achieved or reached.
41. Used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles.
43. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
44. Of superior grade.
45. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
49. Measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation.
53. The cry made by sheep.
55. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.
56. A bachelor's degree in science.
59. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
61. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
62. Outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape.
64. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
66. Excessively fat.
69. In bed.
70. A mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture).
71. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
72. A master's degree in fine arts.
74. Hard fiber used in making coarse twine.
75. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
77. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
79. A small but appreciable amount.
81. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
82. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
86. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
87. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
88. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
89. An informal term for a father.
91. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
92. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
94. Of southern Europe.
97. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
101. An expression of greeting.
102. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
103. A state in New England.
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