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1. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
4. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
8. A French abbot.
12. A thrusting blow with a knife.
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
17. The capital of Western Samoa.
18. Sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties.
19. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
20. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
22. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
24. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
30. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
31. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
33. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
35. A measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test.
38. A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers.
41. Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs.
42. Of textiles.
45. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
46. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
47. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
51. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
52. Russian anarchist.
54. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
55. Having few if any teeth.
56. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
57. A large number or amount.
60. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
61. Evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka.
64. A doctor's degree in optometry.
65. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
68. The median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly.
70. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
71. Type genus of the Ranidae.
72. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
74. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
77. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
79. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
80. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
83. Large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood.
87. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
90. An informal term for a father.
92. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
93. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
96. A quantity of no importance.
97. The sign language used in the United States.
98. A small cake leavened with yeast.
99. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
100. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
4. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
5. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
6. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
7. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
8. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
9. A beckoning gesture.
10. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
11. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
12. Astronaut who made the first United States' suborbital rocket-powered flight in 1961 (1923-1998).
13. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
14. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
15. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
21. A scholar who specializes in Arab languages and culture.
23. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
27. A stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the shins.
28. An associate degree in nursing.
29. Large and brightly colored handkerchief.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances.
36. A Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660.
37. General term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments.
39. Being one more than twelve.
40. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
43. Marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes.
44. Altered from an originally straight condition.
48. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
49. Situated away from an area's coast or border.
50. Any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones.
53. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
58. Involving two dimensions.
59. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
62. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
63. A republic in southeastern Europe.
66. A doctor's degree in education.
67. Having been read.
69. Relating to or near the radius.
73. French writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical tales (1802-1870).
75. Jordan's port.
76. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
78. A state in southeastern United States.
81. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
82. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
84. Make a plat of.
85. Make anew.
86. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
88. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
89. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
91. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
94. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
95. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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