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1. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
5. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
9. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
13. Extremely pleasing.
16. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
17. An indistinct shapeless form.
18. A formal association of people with similar interests.
19. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
20. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
22. The face or front of a building.
25. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed.
27. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
28. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
29. Tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
31. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
33. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
34. Being such as to cause things to slip or slide.
37. An ancient city in southeastern Greece.
41. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
44. An incompetent person.
45. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
47. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
49. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
50. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
52. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
53. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
54. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds.
55. A monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Marplan) that is used to treat clinical depression.
58. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
62. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion.
63. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
64. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
65. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
66. A light touch or stroke.
69. That is to say.
70. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
72. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
73. A Loloish language.
74. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
78. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
79. King of Wessex.
82. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
85. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door.
87. An ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor.
88. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
90. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
92. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
93. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
95. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
96. The fatty flesh of eel.
97. The residue that remains when something is burned.
98. A trade language widely used in Chad.
99. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
100. Free from liquid or moisture.
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1. Small cold-water silvery fish.
2. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
3. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
4. Wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks.
5. A master's degree in business.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. An upholstered seat for more than one person.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
10. The middle of the day.
11. Give a benediction to.
12. A doctor's degree in optometry.
13. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
14. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
15. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
21. The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon.
23. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
24. Flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds.
26. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
30. (British) A car that is even smaller than a subcompact car.
32. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
35. Lacking companions or companionship.
36. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants.
38. A stringed instrument usually having six strings.
39. The month following September and preceding November.
40. A Japanese Buddhism emphasizing mystical symbolism of mantras and mudras and the Buddha's ideal which is inexpressible.
42. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
43. Before noon.
46. A potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine.
48. Biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root.
51. Late time of life.
56. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
57. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
59. A family of fish in the order Zeomorphi.
60. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
61. Organize into a code or system, such as a body of law.
67. Relating to or characteristic of the state or people of Alaska.
68. Engaging in the business of banking.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
71. A loose cloak with a hood.
75. Australian clover fern.
76. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
77. Constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches.
78. An informal term for a father.
80. Duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females.
81. Behave carelessly or indifferently.
83. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
84. A vigorous blow.
86. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
87. Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis.
89. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
91. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
94. A bachelor's degree in science.
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