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1. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
4. The basic unit of money in China.
8. A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property.
12. Ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water.
16. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
17. European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye.
18. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
19. Make amends for.
20. A family of fish in the order Zeomorphi.
22. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
24. A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. An innocuous or inert medication.
29. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
31. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
32. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
34. An oil port in southern Iraq.
39. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
42. Toward the mouth or oral region.
47. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
49. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
50. Beef or chicken or seafood marinated in spicy soy sauce and grilled or broiled.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. A licensed medical practitioner.
55. Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi.
58. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
61. (informal) A man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric.
62. A wound resulting from biting.
64. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
66. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
67. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
69. Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965).
70. Duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females.
71. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
73. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
75. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
76. The residue that remains when something is burned.
78. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
81. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
82. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
89. Leave suddenly (very informal usage).
91. A native of ancient Troy.
94. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
95. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
97. Using speech rather than writing.
98. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
99. A local computer network for communication between computers.
100. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
101. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
102. A light touch or stroke.
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1. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. The habitation of wild animals.
4. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
5. Shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
8. A boy who sells or delivers newspapers.
9. Jordan's port.
10. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
11. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
12. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
13. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
14. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
15. A three-tone Chadic language.
21. The epithelial tissue of the endometrium.
23. A white trivalent metallic element.
27. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
28. A state in New England.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. A soft silvery metallic element.
35. A native or inhabitant of Armenia.
36. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
37. In an amicable manner.
38. (Norse mythology) Trickster.
40. A small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe.
41. A light brown raw cane sugar from Guyana.
43. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
44. From sins, as in religious dogma.
45. Geraniums of Europe and South America and Australia especially mountainous regions.
46. A field of cultivated and mowed grass.
51. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
52. Having a specified size.
56. The brightest star in Cygnus.
57. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
59. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
60. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
63. Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955).
65. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
68. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
72. One of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief.
74. An associate degree in nursing.
77. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
79. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
80. Chief god of the Rig-Veda.
83. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
84. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
85. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
86. Being the only one.
87. A small cake leavened with yeast.
88. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
90. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
92. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
93. An informal term for a father.
96. The square of a body of any size of type.
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