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1. Socially incorrect in behavior.
5. Pronounce with a lowered velum.
13. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
17. Type and only genus of the family Esocidae.
18. Buffalo fishes.
19. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
20. Sightlessness (especially because of a structural defect in or the absence of an eye).
21. Of or relating to the songbirds n.
22. Lie adjacent to another.
23. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
24. A rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika.
27. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
29. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
31. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
33. (prefix) Outside or outer.
35. Serving as or forming a base.
38. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
45. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
49. (Judaism) Not conforming to dietary laws.
51. A state in the eastern United States.
52. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
55. One million periods per second.
56. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
57. A public promotion of some product or service.
58. Being nine more than forty.
60. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
62. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
64. Italian fashion designer (1946-1997).
66. Elegant and stylish.
68. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
69. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
70. Prior to a specified or implied time.
73. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
74. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
75. Any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts.
76. In the Roman calendar.
79. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
80. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
81. Of or relating to the language of the Hebrews.
88. A city in northern India.
92. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
93. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
96. South African term for `boss'.
97. Wife of Ramachandra.
98. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
99. Cattle that are reared for their meat.
101. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
102. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
103. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
104. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
105. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
106. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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1. The limits within which something can be effective.
2. Widely distributed lichens usually having a grayish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus.
3. A jamb for a door.
4. A collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display.
5. Waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls.
6. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
7. An archaic drinking vessel.
8. A long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods).
9. The scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting).
10. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
11. A large bonnet that shades the face.
12. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
13. Capable of being weakened.
14. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
15. Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn.
16. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
25. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
26. Before noon.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
32. Of or relating to or characteristic of a czar.
34. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
36. Capable of being scaled.
37. Type genus of the Echeneididae.
39. The body of people who lead a group.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
48. Positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger.
50. Unable to meet financial obligations.
53. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
54. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
59. Any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors.
61. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
63. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
65. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
67. A cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air.
71. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
72. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
77. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
78. Flowering plant with two cotyledons.
82. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
83. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
84. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
85. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
86. A French abbot.
87. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
89. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
90. Uttering in an irritated tone.
91. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
94. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
95. An honorary law degree.
96. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
100. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
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