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1. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
4. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
8. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
12. Young of domestic cattle.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. A Loloish language.
18. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings.
19. A primeval personification of air and breath.
20. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
22. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
24. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
25. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
26. A small cake leavened with yeast.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
32. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
34. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
37. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
43. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
48. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
49. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
50. Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution.
53. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
55. One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse.
56. Indicating the most important performer or role.
57. An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.
58. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
59. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
60. (Welsh myth) The other world.
62. A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river.
63. Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope.
65. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
66. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
67. A state in the eastern United States.
68. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
71. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
72. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
73. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
76. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
78. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
80. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
81. A sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey.
83. A Russian river.
87. A woman's large folded hooped hood.
90. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
93. A member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia.
95. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
96. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
97. A very small circular shape.
98. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
100. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
102. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
104. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
105. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
106. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
107. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
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1. Fallow deer.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. God of death.
4. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
5. Jordan's port.
6. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
7. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
10. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
11. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
12. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
13. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
14. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
15. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
21. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
23. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
27. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
29. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
31. The cry made by sheep.
33. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
35. A person who lives in the dales of Northern England.
36. Discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people.
38. Calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system).
41. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
42. The official residence of a dean.
44. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
45. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
46. Division of a usually pinnately divided leaf.
47. Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798).
51. Lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind.
52. 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha.
54. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
61. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Nalfon) used in the treatment of arthritis and other painful inflammatory disorders.
64. Being one more than ten.
69. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
70. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
74. The 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
75. That in a dock.
77. From 40 million to 58 million years ago.
79. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
82. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
84. Informal terms for a mother.
85. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
86. A violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family.
88. A river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn.
89. The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal).
91. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
92. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
93. A decree that prohibits something.
94. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
99. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
101. Before noon.
103. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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