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1. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
4. English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605).
9. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.
13. A strong emotion.
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. A particular environment or walk of life.
18. Not only so, but.
19. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
20. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
21. A bar of sand.
23. Argue or speak in defense of.
25. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
27. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
29. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
30. (Old Testament) Samson's Philistine mistress who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength.
33. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
35. Covered with beads of liquid.
38. Flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States.
41. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
42. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
46. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
47. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
48. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
52. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
54. An onerous or difficult concern.
55. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
56. An associate degree in nursing.
58. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
59. A state in the western United States.
60. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
64. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
66. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
67. An elaborate song for solo voice.
68. Detected or perceived by the sense of hearing.
70. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
73. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
74. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).
75. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
77. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
78. The father of your father or mother.
81. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
84. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
86. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
91. Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime.
94. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
95. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
96. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
98. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
99. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
100. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
101. A Loloish language.
102. A small cake leavened with yeast.
103. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. Not agitated.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
3. A large fleet.
4. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. Capable of being corrupted.
7. Chief god of the Rig-Veda.
8. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
9. Deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees.
10. 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.
11. A boy or man.
12. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
13. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
14. Type genus of the Ranidae.
15. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A breast-shaped mass of padding worn in a brassiere.
26. (used of hair or fur) Of a reddish brown color.
28. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
31. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
32. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
34. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
36. Eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease.
37. Seed of a pea plant.
39. A native or inhabitant of the Ukraine.
40. Pearl oysters.
43. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
44. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
45. A fraudulent business scheme.
49. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
50. 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.
51. Obvious and dull.
53. South American cavy.
57. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
61. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
62. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
63. Cause to go crazy.
65. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
69. Paraphernalia indicative of royalty (or other high office).
70. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
71. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
72. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
76. An Asian temple.
77. A public promotion of some product or service.
79. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
80. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
82. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
83. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
85. Type genus of the Anatidae.
87. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
88. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
89. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
90. (biology) Shed at an early stage of development.
92. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
93. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
97. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
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