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1. A branch of the Tai languages.
5. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
9. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
13. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
16. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
17. Having been read.
18. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
19. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
20. Consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree.
22. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
24. A Hindu religious teacher.
26. Someone who sows.
28. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
30. The sixth month of the civil year.
31. A drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure.
33. A poor white person in the southern US.
35. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
37. Wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and North Africa having large recurved horns.
39. A decree that prohibits something.
40. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
41. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
44. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. The 18th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. Bound with chains.
51. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
52. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
55. A member of a North American Plains people (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming).
60. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
61. Catlike mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes.
62. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
64. A genus of Indriidae.
66. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
69. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
70. Metal supports for logs in a fireplace.
72. Any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus.
75. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
76. One of two official languages of Norway.
80. Without strain or anxiety.
84. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
85. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
86. Presence of excess lipids in the blood.
89. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
90. The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.
93. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
95. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
96. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
97. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
98. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
99. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. The compass point that is one point south of southeast.
2. A genus of European owls.
3. Any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen.
4. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
5. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
6. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
7. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
8. Chief port of Yemen.
9. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
10. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
11. An associate degree in nursing.
12. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
13. Relating to or used in or intended for trade or commerce.
14. Wood of a sumac.
15. A smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure.
21. A genus of Scolopacidae.
23. Any of several Orthodox Jewish sects who reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel.
25. An ambitious and aspiring young person.
27. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
29. A young woman making her debut into society.
32. Erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers.
34. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
36. Relating to bees or beekeeping.
38. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
42. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
43. A black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning.
45. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
46. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
47. Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit.
49. In an advanced stage of pregnancy.
53. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
54. A master's degree in fine arts.
56. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
57. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
58. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
59. The basic unit of money in Iran.
63. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
65. A person holding a fief.
67. Coat a metal with an oxide coat.
68. Reproduce someone's behavior or looks.
69. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
71. Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set.
73. Used especially in treating bruises.
74. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
77. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
78. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
79. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
81. Very dark black.
82. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
83. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
84. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
87. A writing implement with a point from which ink flows.
88. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
91. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
92. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
94. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
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