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1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. Any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis.
9. Toward the mouth or oral region.
13. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen).
18. God of love and erotic desire.
19. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
20. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
21. Gull family.
23. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
25. Squash bugs.
27. A low transparent cover put over young plants to protect them from cold.
29. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
30. Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
32. The highest level or degree attainable.
34. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
39. Expose to fresh air, as of old clothing.
43. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
44. Ending in a sharp point.
46. Of or relating to a dyad or based on two.
47. Youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali.
48. A mistake resulting from inattention.
50. The 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
51. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
52. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
54. Being nine more than ninety.
56. (British) Your grandmother.
57. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
60. An electrically charged particle.
61. An opening that permits escape or release.
64. (Greek mythology) One of the three Gorgons.
66. A range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline).
68. Combined or joined to increase in size or quantity or scope.
70. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
71. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
72. Poor handwriting.
73. An active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes.
76. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
79. (prefix) Half or partial.
80. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
85. (informal) Very bad.
88. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
89. An oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas.
91. A purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens.
93. A master's degree in business.
94. Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use.
95. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
97. A member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana.
98. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
99. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
100. Advanced in years.
101. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
102. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. The act of scanning.
3. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
4. A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. Type genus of the Percidae.
7. Morally bad or wrong.
8. Make anew.
9. An endorsement.
10. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
11. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
12. A country on western coast of Africa.
13. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
14. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
15. A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers.
22. Common house and field crickets.
24. Narrow and long and pointed.
26. Spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
31. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
33. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
35. Tending to soothe or tranquilize.
36. Fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region.
37. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
38. Water scorpions.
40. Medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie coast of Antarctica.
41. Any plant of the genus Tithonia.
42. Genus of Mediterranean and Eurasian herbs.
45. Largest crested screamer.
49. A white trivalent metallic element.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
55. The residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking.
58. Antihypertensive drug (trade name Aldomet) used in the treatment of high blood pressure.
59. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
62. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
63. A telephone connection.
65. Relating to of containing or affecting blood.
67. Of or pertaining to Rwanda.
68. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
69. 1/10 gram.
74. Towards the shore from the water.
75. Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania.
77. Give a benediction to.
78. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
81. A French abbot.
82. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
83. Not widely known.
84. In bed.
86. Climbing vine native to China.
87. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
90. Water frozen in the solid state.
92. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
96. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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