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1. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
5. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
9. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
13. Having much flesh (especially fat).
16. Uttering in an irritated tone.
17. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
18. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
21. Hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness).
23. A town in north central Wisconsin.
24. Of or relating to the Quechua people or their language.
27. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
28. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
29. A long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods).
31. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
36. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
39. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
41. The style in which hair haw been cut.
44. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
45. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
46. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
48. Not mated sexually.
50. Cry weakly or softly.
52. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
54. A short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms.
55. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
56. Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange.
57. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
58. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
65. Indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly.
66. The sign language used in the United States.
69. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
70. (Middle East) Usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling.
71. Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people).
73. The dead body of a human being.
77. A port city in southwestern Iran.
79. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
81. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
84. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
85. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
89. A genus of Ploceidae.
92. Oldest known reptiles.
94. The content of cognition.
96. Any thick messy substance.
97. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
98. English logician who introduced Venn diagrams (1834-1923).
99. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
100. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
101. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
2. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
3. A small island.
4. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
5. A town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River.
6. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
7. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
8. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
9. The month following April and preceding June.
10. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
11. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
13. Bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding.
14. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
15. Pulled or drawn tight.
22. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
25. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
26. The act of pausing uncertainly.
30. An artificial source of visible illumination.
32. Of or relating to or characteristic of Lebanon or its people.
33. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
34. A large fleet.
35. The amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation.
37. A rate that is rapid.
38. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
40. (of handwriting, print, etc.) Able to be read.
42. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
43. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
47. The square of a body of any size of type.
49. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
51. A nitrogen-containing base found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine.
53. A state in midwestern United States.
59. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
60. Deserving or inciting pity.
63. Being five more than one hundred fifty.
64. (Greek mythology) Founder of Troy.
67. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
68. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
72. A native of ancient Troy.
74. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
75. Animal food for browsing or grazing.
76. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
78. The cry made by sheep.
80. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
82. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
83. Chief port of Yemen.
86. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
87. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
88. God of death.
90. How long something has existed.
91. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
93. A genetic disorder of metabolism.
95. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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