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1. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
4. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
8. Give over.
12. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
16. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
17. A genus of European owls.
18. In bed.
19. A mythical Greek hero.
20. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
21. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
22. (Welsh) A warrior god.
23. Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions.
24. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
26. Relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language n.
29. A Hindu prince or king in India.
30. Of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. A reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics.
39. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
44. A state in midwestern United States.
45. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
46. The basic unit of money on Malta.
47. Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
49. A narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea.
51. God of fire.
52. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
53. Young of domestic cattle.
55. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
56. Genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers.
58. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
59. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
61. A human limb.
62. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
63. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
65. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
67. At all times.
70. Sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons.
71. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
73. Adult female chicken.
75. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
76. Come or be in close contact with.
78. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
82. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
85. Barely perceptible.
89. Of or being the lowest female voice.
93. A tributary of the Rhine.
94. A tight cluster of people or things.
95. In the Roman calendar.
97. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
98. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
99. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
100. Money in the form of bills or coins.
101. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
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1. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style (tight bodice and narrow waist and flowing pleated skirt) that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. Of southern Europe.
6. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
7. A district in southwestern Manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts.
8. A region of southern Italy (forming the toe of the Italian `boot').
9. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
10. A tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game.
11. A doctor's degree in education.
12. A chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia halfway between New Guinea and Japan.
13. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
14. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
15. Long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron.
25. Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages.
27. An unwholesome atmosphere.
28. Being three more than fifty.
31. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
33. Cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters.
34. United States showman who popularized the circus (1810-1891).
35. Of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language.
37. Someone who puts to good use.
38. A rule that describes how other rules should be used (as in AI).
40. Medium tall celery pine of New Zealand.
41. Love intensely.
42. Beyond what is natural.
43. Covered with scabs.
48. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
50. A member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin.
54. The month following January and preceding March.
57. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
60. The face veil worn by Muslim women.
64. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
66. A city and port in northern Jutland.
67. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
68. United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979).
69. (chemistry) Relating to or containing an alkali.
70. A tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game.
72. A genus of Caltha.
74. 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.
77. Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance.
79. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
80. Disposed of as useless.
81. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
83. The twelfth month of the civil year.
84. Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog.
86. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
87. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
88. (of persons) Neat and smart in appearance.
90. 10 grams.
91. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
92. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
96. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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