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1. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
5. Armor plate that protects the arm.
13. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
17. A chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck.
18. (Brit) Monotonous urban sprawl of standardized buildings.
19. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
20. (Roman mythology) God of love.
21. Tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye).
22. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
23. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
25. 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.
26. Of a kind specified or understood.
28. The basic unit of money in Iran.
29. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
32. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
34. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
36. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
42. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
45. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
49. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
53. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
54. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
55. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
56. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
58. A branch of the Tai languages.
59. Of or relating to or characteristic of wolves n.
62. (statistics) Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value.
65. One millionth of a gram.
66. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
67. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
68. Greek mythology.
70. Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance.
71. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
73. Any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males.
75. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
76. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
77. Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.
80. A structure in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (as in a bascule bridge).
84. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
85. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
87. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
91. A Russian river.
95. A member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia.
97. A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range.
99. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
101. The month following July and preceding September.
102. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
104. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
105. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
106. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
107. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
108. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
109. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
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1. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
2. United States designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978).
3. French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different races of people.
4. Held up in the air.
5. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
6. A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior.
7. Make amends for.
8. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
9. Rather large central Eurasian ground squirrel.
10. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
11. A state in New England.
12. Russian country house.
13. The sixth month of the civil year.
14. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
15. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
16. Heal or recover.
24. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
27. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
30. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
31. Red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of Chad.
39. Material used to daub walls.
40. (botany) Of or relating to or resembling a calyx.
41. Pour water on.
43. 1 species.
44. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
46. (medicine) A grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus.
47. An informal term for a father.
48. Highly excited.
50. Fall heavily.
52. One who helps or encourages or incites another.
57. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
60. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
61. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
63. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
64. Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955).
69. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
72. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
74. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
78. Capital of Armenia.
79. Relating to of containing or affecting blood.
80. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
81. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
82. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
83. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
86. A disdainful pouting grimace.
87. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
88. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
89. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
90. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
91. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
92. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
93. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
94. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
96. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
98. Any federal law-enforcement officer.
100. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
103. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
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