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1. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
4. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
9. The event of something ending.
13. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
16. The waging of armed conflict against an enemy.
17. A nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank.
18. A bluish shade of green.
19. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
20. Perennial herb of North America.
22. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (27,890 feet high).
23. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
24. A city in east central Texas.
25. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
26. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
27. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
29. Type genus of the Hylidae.
31. A genus of Ploceidae.
33. The production of young from an egg.
36. 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.
38. A Mid-Atlantic state.
39. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
43. Half the width of an em.
46. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. Tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit.
49. A bodily passage or tube conveying a secretion or other substance.
51. A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes.
54. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
55. Any of various small biting flies.
56. (of disease or anything resembling a disease) Constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality.
58. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
60. Lower in esteem.
61. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
62. United States painter noted for brilliant colors and bold brushwork (1859-1935).
64. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
65. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
66. A genus of Indriidae.
68. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
71. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
73. An associate degree in nursing.
74. Type genus of the Giraffidae.
76. 16 ounces.
78. Covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments.
81. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
83. Genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs.
85. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
89. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
90. (Welsh) Corresponds to Iris Ler.
93. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements.
94. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
97. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
98. A Nilotic language.
101. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
103. Domestic swine.
104. A cgs unit of work or energy.
105. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
106. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
107. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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1. The compass point that is one point west of northwest.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
3. German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (1898-1956).
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. Indigo bush.
6. An organization of military land forces.
7. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
8. An organ in its earliest stage of development.
9. Small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house.
10. The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one.
11. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
12. Appeal or request earnestly.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. The capital of Western Samoa.
15. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
21. A group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies.
28. A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan.
30. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
32. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
34. (Babylonian) Any of a group of powerful earth spirits or genii.
35. Pain that feels hot as if it were on fire.
37. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
40. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
41. Light teasing repartee.
42. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
44. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
45. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
47. An American follower of the Mennonite Bishop Amman.
50. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
52. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. Sour or bitter in taste.
57. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
59. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
63. Type genus of the Spalacidae.
67. A minute vein continuous with a capillary.
69. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
70. Relating to or near the ulna.
72. Divulge information or secrets.
75. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
77. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
79. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
80. Having an oblique or slanted direction.
81. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
82. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
84. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
86. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
87. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
88. (classical architecture) A molding for a cornice.
89. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
91. (Norse mythology) The primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world.
92. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
95. Being one more than two.
96. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
99. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
100. A white trivalent metallic element.
102. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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