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1. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
5. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
9. Petty quarrel.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
17. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
18. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
19. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
20. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
22. A journey in a vehicle driven by someone else.
24. Baby bed with high sides.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
28. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
30. Any age prior to the legal age.
33. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
39. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
40. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
44. A unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere.
45. Having a hemispherical vault or dome.
47. (heraldry) Applied to a fish depicted horizontally.
50. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
52. Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.
53. Lay out in parts according to a plan.
56. French sculptor noted for his renderings of the human form (1840-1917).
58. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
59. Sea catfishes.
60. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
61. A boy or man.
62. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
63. The arch of the foot.
68. A visual presentation showing how something works.
69. A boat with a flat bottom for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals).
72. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
75. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
76. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
79. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
82. An honorary arts degree.
85. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
87. Examine by palpation for medical purposes.
89. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
90. Extremely pleasing.
91. Being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness.
93. Capital and largest city of Italy.
95. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
96. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
97. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
98. A bachelor's degree in music.
99. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
2. Possessing material wealth.
3. Causing a dull and steady pain.
4. Conveyed by sea.
5. A bachelor's degree in religion.
6. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
7. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
8. An informal term for a father.
9. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
10. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
11. The month following March and preceding May.
12. The capital of Nationalist China.
13. A public promotion of some product or service.
14. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
15. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
21. Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste.
23. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
27. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
29. A member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
31. An international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade.
32. Of or concerning Qatar.
34. A Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn).
35. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
36. In a natty manner.
37. Inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable.
38. In 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants.
41. Related on the mother's side.
42. Large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind.
43. A town in central Belgium.
46. Excessive protection.
48. An associate degree in nursing.
49. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
51. Written or drawn or engraved.
54. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin).
55. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
57. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
64. A small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye.
65. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
66. A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge.
67. Hard fiber used in making coarse twine.
68. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
70. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
71. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
73. Type genus of the Soleidae.
74. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
77. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
78. A small cake leavened with yeast.
80. The capital of Western Samoa.
81. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
83. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
84. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
86. A bloody and prolonged operation in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).
88. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
92. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
94. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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