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1. A loft for storing hay.
4. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
8. Being the only one.
12. Expel, as of gases and odors.
16. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
18. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
19. Being on the left side.
20. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
21. The twelfth month of the civil year.
22. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
23. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
24. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
26. Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries.
29. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
31. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
32. A domain in which something is dominant.
34. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
37. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
40. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
43. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
48. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
49. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
50. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
51. An outstanding example of its kind.
53. A language of Australian aborigines.
55. The amount of money needed to purchase something.
57. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
58. Type genus of the Sulidae.
59. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
60. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
62. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
63. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
64. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
66. The basic unit of money in Suriname.
68. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
70. United States physicist who developed the first successful liquid-fueled rocket (1882-1945).
74. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
75. Any expected deliverer.
77. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
79. A cloth having a crisscross design.
82. Sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons.
83. A human limb.
84. Nearly cosmopolitan family.
86. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
88. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
92. In bed.
93. Boas and pythons.
96. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
98. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
99. (British) A simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice.
100. A small cake leavened with yeast.
102. Irritate or vex.
103. On or toward the lee.
104. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
105. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
106. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
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1. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
2. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
3. Any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food.
4. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
5. The basic unit of money in Botswana.
6. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
7. A system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year.
8. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
9. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
10. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
11. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
12. A learner who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study.
13. An unwholesome atmosphere.
14. An Eskimo hut.
15. At a specific prior time.
25. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
27. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
28. The cry made by sheep.
30. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
33. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
35. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
36. Someone who betrays his country by committing treason.
38. A naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905).
39. Of or relating to antennae.
41. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
42. A large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas.
44. A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder.
45. Extinct dodos and solitaires.
46. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
47. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
52. Away from the mouth or oral region.
54. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes.
56. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
61. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum.
65. Any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads.
67. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
69. Only the bowfins.
70. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
71. Composed of or containing bone.
72. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
73. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
76. A doctor's degree in education.
78. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
80. A brief description given for purposes of identification.
81. Administer an oil or ointment to.
85. A bachelor's degree in library science.
86. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
87. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
88. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
89. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
90. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
91. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
94. Automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system.
95. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
97. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
101. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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