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1. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
5. (Sumerian) Sun god.
9. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
13. (informal) Roused to anger.
16. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
17. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
18. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
19. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
20. Of or relating to plants or botany.
21. Formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy.
22. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
23. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
24. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
26. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
27. Formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
31. A rosid dicot genus that includes moon carrots.
33. A man who serves as a sailor.
35. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
37. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
40. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
41. Before noon.
44. The second largest city in Tunisia.
46. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
47. (computer science) Memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed.
49. The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
51. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
52. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
54. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
57. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
58. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
60. (Philippine) A dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish.
62. Make editorial changes (in a text).
63. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
64. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
66. A writing implement with a point from which ink flows.
67. A quantity of no importance.
71. A bluish shade of green.
72. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
74. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
75. A farewell remark.
78. Being four more than eighty.
80. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
83. The place where some action occurs.
85. A glancing rebound.
89. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
90. Place a value on.
94. A city in the European part of Russia.
95. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
96. A small island.
98. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
99. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
100. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
101. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
102. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
2. Little known Kamarupan languages.
3. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
4. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
5. Corresponding exactly.
6. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
7. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
8. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
9. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
10. Argentinian cariama.
11. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
12. Put a new heel on.
13. The site of three famous battles among Greek city-states.
14. A French abbot.
15. A person who acts and gets things done.
25. A state in northwestern North America.
28. Having an oblique or slanted direction.
30. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
32. A French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750).
34. Tarpons and ladyfishes.
36. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
38. United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of very complicated and impractical contraptions that accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970).
39. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
42. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
43. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
45. A notable achievement.
48. The capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan.
50. Bar temporarily.
53. Relating to or denoting or characteristic of Catalonia or its inhabitants.
55. An ax used to slaughter cattle.
56. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
59. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
61. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
65. A white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide.
68. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
69. The quality of being lax and neglectful.
70. Large mackerel with long pointed snout.
71. The site of three famous battles among Greek city-states.
73. Any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudo-bulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers.
76. A long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall).
77. Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.
79. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
81. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
82. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
84. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
86. The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
87. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
88. God of death.
91. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
92. Towards the side away from the wind.
93. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
94. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
97. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
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