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1. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
4. A woman of refinement.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
13. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
16. A groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels).
17. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
18. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
19. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
20. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
21. Any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures.
23. A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees.
25. A minor match preceding the main event.
27. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
29. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
30. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
31. The person who plays that position on a football team.
34. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
37. Imperial moths.
41. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. Lacking excess flesh.
50. A piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face.
51. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
52. The last (12th) month of the year.
54. The capital and largest city of Japan.
55. A hard copal derived from an African tree.
56. God of the underworld.
58. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
59. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
60. (British) Your grandmother.
61. An appearance of reflected light.
66. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
69. Antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil).
71. An ancient area of Eurasia extending from the Black Sea to the Aral Sea that was populated by Scythians from the eighth to the fourth century BC.
75. take exception to.
76. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
79. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
81. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
82. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
84. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
86. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
89. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
90. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
93. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
95. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
96. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
100. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
101. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
102. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
103. The fatty flesh of eel.
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1. German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp.
2. Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual.
3. (literary) Spirited horse for state or war.
4. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
5. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
6. A depression in an otherwise level surface.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. A small but appreciable amount.
9. A genus of Platalea.
10. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
11. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
14. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar.
15. A young horse.
22. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
24. Diuretic (trade name Edecrin) used to treat edema.
26. An atom or molecule or radical or ion that forms a complex around a central atom.
28. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
32. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
33. The immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose.
35. (informal) Very tired.
36. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
38. Inactivity resulting from a dislike of work.
39. An intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs.
40. In a peacefully serene manner.
42. In an unnatural eery manner.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
45. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
46. Distributed or sold illicitly.
48. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
49. Type genus of Cycadaceae.
53. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
57. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
62. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
63. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
64. A swift whirling motion (usually of a missile).
65. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
67. Minor or subordinate.
68. An ache localized in the middle or inner ear.
69. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
70. Worn until no longer useful.
71. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
72. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
73. A state in midwestern United States.
74. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
77. A brief description given for purposes of identification.
78. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
80. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
83. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
85. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
87. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
88. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
91. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
92. Seed of a pea plant.
94. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
97. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
98. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
99. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
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