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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. A loud resonant repeating noise.
9. Swiss painter influenced by Kandinsky (1879-1940).
13. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
16. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
17. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
18. Suggestive of the supernatural.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
20. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
22. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
24. To fix or set securely or deeply.
26. A hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element.
28. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
31. A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing.
34. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
41. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
45. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
46. A violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family.
48. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
49. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
51. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
52. The second great battle of the American Civil War (1862).
54. A decorative pin worn by women.
56. The compass point midway between south and west.
57. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
58. French dramatist (born in Romania) who was a leading exponent of the theater of the absurd (1912-1994).
60. Grind together, of teeth.
62. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
65. A slow pace of running.
67. The cry made by sheep.
68. A city in southern Finland.
70. Resembling a fan.
74. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
77. Unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America.
81. Type genus of the Annonaceae.
83. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
86. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
90. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
91. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
94. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
95. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
98. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
100. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
101. Failing to detonate.
102. (informal) Exceptionally good.
103. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
104. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. (British) A recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
5. Of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey).
6. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
7. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
8. Leafless East Indian vine.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. Lacking excess flesh.
11. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
12. A small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye.
13. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
14. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
15. An informal term for a father.
21. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
23. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
25. Lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia.
27. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
35. (geology) A rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building).
36. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
37. A spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously.
38. Cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long.
39. Assail again.
40. Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
44. Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage.
47. An uproarious party.
50. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
53. Step on it.
55. Strong and sharp.
59. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
61. In bed.
63. Silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state.
64. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
66. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
69. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
71. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
72. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids.
73. A decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing.
74. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
75. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
76. Being one more than fifty.
78. A state in east central United States.
79. Before noon.
80. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
82. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
84. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
85. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
87. Type genus of the Anatidae.
88. Make anew.
89. The short weak cry of a young bird.
92. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
93. 10 grams.
96. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
97. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
99. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
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