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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
5. Framework for holding objects.
9. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
13. A light touch or stroke.
16. Type genus of the Pipidae.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
19. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
20. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
21. In captivity.
23. A port city in southwestern Iran.
25. Covered with paving material.
27. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
29. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
30. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
32. Chief god of the Rig-Veda.
34. (botany) Especially of leaves.
37. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
39. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
43. Type genus of the Anatidae.
46. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
48. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
49. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
50. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
52. Unrestrained and violent.
55. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
57. Agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears.
60. An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).
61. Crowd or pack to capacity.
63. Without a hand or hands.
65. A situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad).
67. Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole.
69. An opening that permits escape or release.
70. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
71. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
74. Order by virtue of superior authority.
76. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
77. A native American tent.
79. A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends.
80. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
81. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
82. Anneal or toughen by a process of gradually heating and cooling.
85. (Sumerian and Akkadian) A demon personifying death.
89. Found on a farm.
93. Any high mountain.
94. Inclined to waste time and lag behind.
97. Leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree.
99. Water frozen in the solid state.
100. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
101. Highly excited.
103. The airforce of Great Britain.
104. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
105. Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784).
106. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
107. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
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1. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
2. A member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
3. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
4. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
5. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
6. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
7. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
8. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
9. Any binary compound formed by the union of hydrogen and other elements.
10. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
11. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
12. Go on board.
13. An informal term for a father.
14. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
15. Made by polymerizing butadiene.
22. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
24. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
26. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
28. An associate degree in nursing.
31. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
33. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
35. An organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live.
36. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
38. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
40. A corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation.
41. (1568) Catholic forces supporting Mary Queen of Scots were routed by Protestants under her half-brother Lord James Stuart, Earl of Murray.
42. Bearing the signature of a witness attesting to something's legality.
44. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
45. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
47. A large ax with a broad cutting blade.
51. Divulge information or secrets.
53. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
54. Very light colored.
56. Completely enveloping.
58. Before noon.
59. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
62. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
64. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
66. Trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae.
68. A sweet filling made of prunes or apricots.
72. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
75. The bill in a restaurant.
78. Treat with excessive indulgence.
81. (British slang) Cafe.
83. Remove from memory or existence.
84. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
85. Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
86. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
87. Common Indian weaverbird.
88. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
90. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
91. The basic unit of money in Iran.
92. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
95. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
96. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
97. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
98. How long something has existed.
102. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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