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1. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
4. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
8. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
12. (Sumerian) Sun god.
16. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
17. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
18. Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324).
19. A short personal letter.
20. The fatty flesh of eel.
21. Covered with paving material.
23. The seventh month of the civil year.
24. A group of countries in special alliance.
26. Hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration.
27. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
28. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
30. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
31. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
32. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
35. Squash bugs.
37. Catch sight of.
41. Not out.
42. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
43. Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis.
46. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
47. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
49. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
51. Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-size berries.
53. Small cold-water silvery fish.
54. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
57. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
58. Uttering in an irritated tone.
59. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour.
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
62. A short light metallic sound.
65. Type genus of the Annonaceae.
67. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
68. A homeless child who has been abandoned and roams the streets.
69. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
70. Sturdy annual of Peru.
73. 1/10 gram.
74. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
75. Step on it.
76. Singing jazz.
79. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
82. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
85. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
88. The sacred city of Lamaism.
90. An awkward stupid person.
93. Two-year-old sheep.
94. Agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears.
96. Salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish.
99. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
100. Avatar of Vishnu.
102. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
103. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
104. A local computer network for communication between computers.
105. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
106. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
107. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
2. The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
3. Great coolness and composure under strain.
4. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
5. (of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes reproduction".
6. Made of or resembling lace.
7. Type genus of the Cracidae.
8. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
9. Made or produced in the home or by yourself.
10. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
11. Ruffed grouse.
12. Lacking in security or safety.
13. The act of flipping a coin.
14. A state in the western United States.
15. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
22. The process of gradually becoming inferior.
25. Of or like a cecum.
29. The medieval dialects of Langue d'oc.
33. An amine containing the double bond linkage -C=C-N-.
34. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
36. Indian sitar player who popularized classical Indian music in the West (born in 1920).
38. A deep bow.
39. Any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein.
40. A sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog).
44. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
45. A state in midwestern United States.
48. Any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers.
52. A large fleet.
55. Muslim name for God.
56. A day devoted to an outdoor social gathering.
61. Obvious and dull.
63. Give over.
64. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
66. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
71. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
72. An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq.
77. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
78. Valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves.
80. God of wealth and love.
81. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
83. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
84. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
85. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
86. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
87. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
89. A city in northern India.
91. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
92. One thousand grams.
95. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
97. A doctor who practices veterinary medicine.
98. A light touch or stroke.
101. 1/1000 gram.
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