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1. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. A painful and involuntary muscular contraction.
9. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
13. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
16. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
18. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
19. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
20. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
21. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
22. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.
23. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
24. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
27. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
29. The capital of Nationalist China.
30. An associate degree in nursing.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
35. A thrusting blow with a knife.
40. Forming viscous or glutinous threads.
43. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
46. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
47. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
49. Covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments.
51. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
54. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
57. An island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon.
58. A member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century.
60. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
61. A set of clothing (with accessories).
62. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
64. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
67. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
69. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
70. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
72. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
75. A swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.
79. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
82. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
86. A Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed.
88. (North America) A ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall.
90. The cry made by sheep.
91. A strong emotion.
92. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
94. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
95. A cgs unit of work or energy.
96. (Norse mythology) God of war and strife and son of Odin.
97. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
98. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
99. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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1. Speaking a Slavic language.
2. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
3. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
4. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
5. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
6. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
7. Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression).
8. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
9. Of or relating to syllables.
10. A formal expression of praise.
11. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
12. The sound made by a cow or bull.
13. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
14. Jordan's port.
15. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
25. A New England state.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
31. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
34. Given freely especially to a cause or fund.
36. Large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws.
37. The sixth month of the civil year.
38. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
39. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
41. A Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket.
42. A vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature or to process or lubricate it.
44. Enduring strength and energy.
45. The largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen.
50. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. Deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers.
53. Any high mountain.
55. Ice cream served with a topping.
56. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
59. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
63. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
65. Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
66. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
68. A collection of things wrapped or boxed together.
69. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
71. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
73. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
74. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
76. Consisting of or involving a single element or component.
77. A drill for penetrating rock.
78. United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979).
80. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
81. An unforeseen obstacle.
82. An associate degree in nursing.
83. In bed.
84. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
85. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
87. A cruel and brutal fellow.
89. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
93. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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