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1. The act of hopping (jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)).
4. Atypically small.
9. A shade of blue tinged with green.
13. Inquire about.
16. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
17. A name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH.
18. A male sovereign.
19. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. A port city in northeastern Sicily on the Strait of Messina.
22. Any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas.
24. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
25. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
26. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
28. (biology) In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation.
30. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
31. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
37. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
41. Lap at the front of a coat.
43. Go ashore.
46. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
47. A bachelor's degree in religion.
48. A state in midwestern United States.
49. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
50. Genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees.
52. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
55. Of surpassing excellence.
56. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
57. A Mid-Atlantic state.
59. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
61. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
62. A potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine.
64. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
65. The address where a person lives.
68. The craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance).
70. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
72. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
73. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
77. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
78. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
79. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
80. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
82. Hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration.
87. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
91. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
92. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
94. A city in northern India.
96. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
97. Obvious and dull.
99. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves.
101. (informal) Of the highest quality.
102. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
103. Sour or bitter in taste.
104. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
105. The cry made by sheep.
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1. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
2. A drama set to music.
3. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
4. A language of Australian aborigines.
5. (of light) Lacking in intensity or brightness.
6. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
7. A motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities.
8. A notable achievement.
9. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
10. 100 qindarka equal 1 lek.
11. Move out of a dock.
12. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. The act of scanning.
15. Influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804).
21. The belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world.
23. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
27. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
29. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
32. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
33. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
34. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
35. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
39. Irish playwright remembered for his satirical comedies of manners (1751-1816).
40. One of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis.
42. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
44. God of wealth and love.
45. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
51. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
53. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
54. Tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw.
58. Half the width of an em.
60. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
63. Filaments from a cobweb.
66. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
67. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
69. Tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia.
70. A motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities.
71. A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea.
72. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
74. Towards the side away from the wind.
75. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
76. Reports of the work of a society or learned body etc.
81. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
83. An account describing incidents or events.
84. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ.
85. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
86. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
88. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
89. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
90. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
93. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
95. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
98. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
100. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
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