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1. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
5. A subdivision of a larger religious group.
9. A wound made by cutting.
13. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
16. A French abbot.
17. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
18. Any competition.
19. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
20. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
21. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
22. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
23. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
24. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
26. Rebuffed (by a lover) without warning.
29. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
32. The basic unit of money in Yemen.
34. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
36. A state in New England.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. A state in midwestern United States.
42. A grant made by a law court.
44. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
48. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
51. Flat tableland with steep edges.
53. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
54. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
55. An epic in Latin by Virgil.
57. Of or relating to the wrist.
59. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
60. Chief god of the Rig-Veda.
63. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
64. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style (tight bodice and narrow waist and flowing pleated skirt) that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
65. A histamine blocker and antacid (trade name Zantac) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux.
67. A genus of Platalea.
69. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
71. An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718).
72. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
73. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
74. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
75. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
77. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
79. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
80. Speak in a nasal voice.
83. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
84. The capital of the state of Kansas.
87. English Romantic poet (1795-1821).
90. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
94. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
95. A simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids.
98. 1 species.
100. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
101. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
102. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
104. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
105. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
106. An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt.
107. The general activity of selling.
108. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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1. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
2. Very dark black.
3. A port city in southwestern Iran.
4. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
5. A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea.
6. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
7. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
8. South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931).
9. The mother of your father or mother.
10. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
11. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
12. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
13. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
14. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
15. The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
28. A member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called pueblos by the Spanish because they live in villages built of adobe and rock.
33. Of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen.
35. Baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables.
37. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
38. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
41. Before noon.
43. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.
45. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
46. Genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions.
47. Dyed with henna.
49. Move out of a dock.
50. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
52. Enthusiastic approval.
56. Causing nasal discharge.
58. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
61. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
62. Extremely pleasing.
66. The first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March or April in the Gregorian calendar).
68. German mathematician (1804-1851).
70. Proboscis monkeys.
71. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
76. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
78. A unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter.
79. The square of a body of any size of type.
81. Jordan's port.
82. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
85. A slender double-reed instrument.
86. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
88. 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.
89. Type genus of the Anatidae.
91. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
92. A soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime.
93. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
96. Pertaining to the forward part of a vessel.
97. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
99. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
103. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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