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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941).
9. One thousandth of a second.
13. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
17. A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of Scotland).
18. Using speech rather than writing.
19. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
20. The bill in a restaurant.
21. Rule of personal conduct.
23. withdraw from an organization or communion.
25. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. Australasian kingfishers.
28. Related on the mother's side.
29. A state in midwestern United States.
31. Type and sole genus of the family Menuridae.
33. United States explorer who (with Meriwether Lewis) led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River.
34. Common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit.
38. Canadian writer noted for his analyses of the mass media (1911-1980).
40. A European river.
41. Inability to walk.
45. God of the earth.
48. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
49. A perceptual structure.
51. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
53. A river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn.
54. Find repugnant.
55. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
56. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
57. A blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl.
59. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. One millionth of a gram.
63. The act of scanning.
65. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
68. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
69. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
71. King of the Huns.
75. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
78. Any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers.
80. Your general store of remembered information.
81. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
82. Offensively discourteous.
86. A deep bow.
89. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
91. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
92. In the Roman calendar.
93. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.
96. Move out of a curled position.
97. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
98. Short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun the deaden the sound of firing.
100. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
101. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
102. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
103. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
4. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
5. Not easy.
6. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
7. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
8. Clean with one's bill, of birds.
9. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
10. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
11. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
12. Closed or squeezed together tightly.
13. A native or inhabitant of Crete.
14. An extreme state of adversity.
15. A very small spot.
22. Deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers.
24. A region of southern Italy (forming the toe of the Italian `boot').
26. Vigorous and active.
30. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
32. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
35. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
36. An Asian river.
37. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
39. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
42. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
43. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
44. (dialect) A short straight stick of wood.
46. A port city in southwestern Iran.
47. (in India and Burma) A member of an armed gang of robbers.
50. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
52. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
58. Respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing.
60. Anything that serves as an enticement.
61. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
64. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
66. A share of something.
67. A fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit.
70. Dilatation or distension of a hollow organ.
71. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
72. Coextensive with the family Taxaceae.
73. The wife or widow of a czar.
74. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
75. A native or inhabitant of Crete.
76. Report or maintain.
77. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
79. A bachelor's degree in religion.
83. Any plant of the genus Inula.
84. Of inferior or mixed breed.
85. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
87. The sixth month of the civil year.
88. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
89. Before noon.
90. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
94. (Irish) The sea personified.
95. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
99. The square of a body of any size of type.
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