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1. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
4. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
9. A French abbot.
13. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
16. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
17. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
18. Clarified butter used in Indian cookery.
19. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
20. Not only so, but.
22. Of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess.
25. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
26. (heraldry) Rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile.
27. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
28. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
30. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
32. A feeling of intense anger.
33. An ax used to slaughter cattle.
36. (informal) Of the highest quality.
37. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
38. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
39. Covered with paving material.
43. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
47. Any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as.
49. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
50. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
51. The small projection of a mammary gland.
52. (physics) A deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves.
53. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
57. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
58. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
60. Given or having a specified name.
61. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
62. Slang for `drunk'.
64. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
65. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition.
66. Being three more than fifty.
67. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
69. Any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel.
72. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
74. An Asian country under the control of China.
77. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
79. An informal term for a father.
80. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
81. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
85. Force or compel somebody to do something.
88. Consisting of or involving a single element or component.
92. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
93. A Finnish steam bath.
96. Used of the language of the deaf.
97. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
98. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
100. United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861).
101. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
102. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
103. Very dark black.
104. Anything that provides inspiration for later work.
105. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
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1. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
2. Chief port of Yemen.
3. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
4. A bachelor's degree in science.
5. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
6. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
7. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
8. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
9. Growing old.
10. God of wealth and love.
11. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
12. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
13. Indigo bush.
14. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
15. An Italian poet famous for `The Divine Comedy'--a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).
21. Genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas.
23. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
24. Of or relating to ground water.
29. A spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink.
31. Avatar of Vishnu.
34. A shrubby perennial rhizomatous evergreen herb.
35. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
40. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
41. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
42. Of or at or relating to an anode.
44. Type and sole genus of the family Menuridae.
45. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
46. A member of the Algonquian people of southern Ontario.
48. French impressionist painter (1841-1919).
54. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
55. The fourth month of the civil year.
56. A unit of pressure.
59. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
63. A pin used to hold the tie in place.
68. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
70. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
71. An area in Germany around the upper Elbe river.
72. Indigo bush.
73. Source of a tough elastic wood.
75. An immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ.
76. Made by polymerizing butadiene.
78. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
82. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
83. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
84. A woman who is the custodian of children.
86. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
87. The goddess of the moon.
89. Highly excited.
90. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
91. (Norse mythology) The primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world.
94. A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi.
95. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
99. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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