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1. An enclosed space.
4. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
9. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
13. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
16. An accountant certified by the state.
17. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
18. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. A forbidding stronghold.
23. A penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci.
25. United States golfer (born in 1939).
27. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
29. Avatar of Vishnu.
30. Either extremity of something that has length.
32. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
34. Any movable possession (especially articles of clothing).
37. Of or relating to whales and dolphins etc.
41. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
45. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control.
46. A statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation.
47. Having two feet.
48. Turned or twisted toward one side.
49. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
50. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
53. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
54. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
58. Robber flies.
61. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
62. Tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads.
63. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
64. The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract.
66. Half the width of an em.
67. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
70. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
71. A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity.
74. A reddish brown dye used especially on hair.
75. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
76. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
77. That is to say.
79. An associate degree in applied science.
81. Relating to or accompanying birth.
86. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
89. The third month of the civil year.
91. A top worn by women.
94. An elaborate song for solo voice.
95. Be around.
97. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
98. Clean or orderly.
99. Left desolate or empty.
100. The head of the Roman Catholic Church.
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1. Singing jazz.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
4. In an original manner.
5. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury.
6. Make anew.
7. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
8. All the animal life in a particular region.
9. An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach).
10. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
11. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
12. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
14. Being of delicate or slender build.
15. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. Noisy quarrel.
26. Capable of being corrupted.
28. Advanced in years.
31. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
33. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
35. The largest tarsal bone.
36. Pierce with a sharp stake or point.
38. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
39. Youthful appearance in an old person.
40. A short film and commentary about current events.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. Type genus of the Apidae.
44. Having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal.
51. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy.
52. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
55. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
56. A colorless flammable liquid obtained from petroleum or coal tar.
57. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
59. Large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male.
60. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
65. A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text.
68. Make keen or more acute.
69. A shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep.
72. Summer cypress.
73. Wanted intensely.
74. The capital and largest city of Japan.
78. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
80. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
82. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
83. A bodily passage or tube conveying a secretion or other substance.
84. A small island.
85. A small hard fruit.
87. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
88. A French abbot.
90. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
92. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
93. Any high mountain.
96. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
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