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1. Inquire about.
4. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
8. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
12. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
18. A Loloish language.
19. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
20. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
21. One of two official languages of Norway.
23. Having a claw or claws.
24. Lower in esteem.
26. A crude stone artifact (as a chipped flint).
28. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
29. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
31. A member of the South American Indian people living in Brazil and Paraguay.
33. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
34. Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
36. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
40. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
42. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
44. A worker who attaches something by nailing it.
47. Very dark black.
49. Like or characteristic of or befitting a sister.
51. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
52. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
54. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
56. A master's degree in education.
57. An explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible).
61. Breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire.
62. Quality of being active or spirited or vigorous.
63. Of or relating to near the ear.
64. A state in east central United States.
65. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
67. Made of fir or pine.
70. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
72. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
73. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
76. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
81. A choice or delicious dish.
83. The agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered.
85. A telegram sent abroad.
89. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
91. One of a family of granular intrusive rocks.
93. Heal or recover.
94. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
95. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
97. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
98. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
99. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
100. The sixth month of the civil year.
101. Tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants.
102. The capital of Switzerland.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. God of love and erotic desire.
4. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door.
5. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
6. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
7. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
8. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
9. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
10. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
11. A populous province of south central China.
12. Sect of Orthodox Jews who follow the Mosaic Law strictly.
13. Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail.
14. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
15. Any shape that is triangular in cross section.
22. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone.
25. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
27. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
30. In a snobbish manner.
32. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
35. Muscle relaxant for skeletal muscles (trade name Robaxin) used to treat spasms.
37. Wear away.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
41. A member of an ancient people living east of Babylonia as early as 4000 BC.
43. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
45. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
46. (anatomy) A small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve).
48. A European river.
50. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
53. Make anew.
55. Someone who guards prisoners.
58. Having close kinship and appropriateness.
59. Any of various units of capacity.
60. A blind god.
66. Type genus of the Gavidae.
68. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
69. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
71. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
74. Offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
75. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
77. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
78. One or more recordings issued together.
79. (Roman mythology) Goddess of agriculture.
80. Excessively fat.
82. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
84. A Spanish river.
86. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
87. The habitation of wild animals.
88. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
90. (informal) Roused to anger.
92. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
96. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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