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1. An orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa.
4. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
8. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
12. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
16. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
17. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
18. Domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap.
19. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
20. A master's degree in library science.
22. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
24. Kauri pine.
26. An oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde.
28. (with `in') Guardianship over.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
32. Jordan's port.
34. Headdress consisting of a decorative ribbon or bow worn in the hair.
37. Tea tortrix.
39. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
40. To declare or affirm as true.
44. Report or maintain.
45. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
49. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
50. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
51. A doctor's degree in optometry.
52. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
54. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
57. The beach at a seaside resort.
58. A festival featuring African-American culture.
64. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
65. Knocked unconscious by a heavy blow.
66. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
68. Avatar of Vishnu.
69. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
70. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
72. An electrically charged particle.
73. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
74. A group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans.
76. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
77. Source of a tough elastic wood.
80. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
81. A single splash.
84. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
87. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
89. A fruiting structure resembling an umbrella that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom.
93. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
96. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
97. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
98. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
99. One of the common people.
101. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
102. The cry made by sheep.
103. A bluish shade of green.
104. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
105. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
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1. God of love and erotic desire.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
4. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
5. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
6. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
7. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
8. (chemistry) Relating to or containing the azido group N3.
9. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
10. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
11. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
12. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
13. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
14. (often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous.
15. A fastener for a door or lid.
21. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
23. Have in mind as a purpose.
25. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
27. A local computer network for communication between computers.
29. Small branch or division of a branch.
33. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. Arranged or displayed systematically in table form.
38. Heat-resistant dishware in which food can be cooked as well as served.
41. A salt or ester of vanadic acid.
42. The Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds).
43. A worker who installs and repairs electric wiring.
46. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
47. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
48. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
53. A long-playing phonograph record.
55. English writer of detective fiction (1893-1957).
56. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
59. Of or relating to or constituting the Scandinavian group of languages.
60. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
61. Small creeping evergreen shrubs.
62. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
63. An association of criminals.
67. Something intended to deceive.
71. A pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper.
75. Large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years.
78. In bed.
79. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms.
82. A representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus.
83. Volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin.
85. (microbiology) An infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid.
86. Complacently or inanely foolish.
88. A small cake leavened with yeast.
89. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
90. The activity of persuading someone to buy.
91. 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.
92. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
94. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
95. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
100. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
101. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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