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1. Standard temperature and pressure.
4. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
8. The compass point that is one point south of southwest.
12. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
16. A pass between mountain peaks.
17. Not easy.
18. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse.
19. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
20. Used of a single unit or thing.
21. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
22. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
23. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
24. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
26. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
28. Of the common people of ancient Rome.
30. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
32. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
34. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
37. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
45. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
46. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
50. Related on the mother's side.
51. The capital of Turkey.
53. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
54. (Irish) The sea personified.
55. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
57. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual wear (usually in the plural).
58. A person of exceptional importance and reputation.
59. Situated at an apex.
61. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
62. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
63. Any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages.
64. The month following July and preceding September.
65. The mansion of the lord of the manor.
66. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
71. Unknown god.
72. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
74. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
77. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
83. A soft whitish calcite.
87. A human limb.
90. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
91. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
92. In bed.
94. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
95. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
96. South African term for `boss'.
97. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
98. Relatively deep or strong.
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1. The skin that covers the top of the head.
2. Employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words.
3. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
4. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
7. Someone whose business is advertising.
8. Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.
9. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
10. A rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand.
11. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
12. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
13. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
14. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
15. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
25. Of the most contemptible kind.
27. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
29. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
31. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
33. Large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics.
35. Myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil.
36. Or family Polypodiaceae.
38. State in northeastern India.
39. Egg-shaped terra-cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
40. English monk and scholar (672-735).
41. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
42. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
43. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
44. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
48. Not reflecting light.
49. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
52. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
56. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
60. Of or like a cecum.
67. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
68. Avatar of Vishnu.
69. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
70. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
73. The people of Great Britain.
75. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
76. A telegram sent abroad.
78. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
79. Type genus of the Amiidae.
80. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
81. English essayist (1775-1834).
82. A state in the western United States.
84. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
85. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
86. Strike sharply.
88. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
89. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
93. Half the width of an em.
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