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1. Late time of life.
4. A small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon.
9. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
13. (Irish) The sea personified.
16. Term of address for a man.
17. God of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity.
18. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves.
19. Black tropical American cuckoo.
20. Type genus of the Anatidae.
22. Small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage.
25. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
27. The capital of Bahrain.
29. On or toward the lee.
31. A light touch or stroke.
32. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. In bed.
38. Before noon.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. A genus of Ploceidae.
43. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
46. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
50. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
51. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
53. Dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain.
55. Tear or be torn violently.
57. A capacitance unit equal to one billion farads.
59. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
60. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
62. Being one more than two.
63. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
64. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
65. An edible tuber native to South America.
66. Closed with a lace.
68. Footwear (shoes or slippers) with no heel (or a flat heel).
70. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
71. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
73. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
75. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
76. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
80. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
81. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
82. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
85. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
87. By bad luck.
90. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
92. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
95. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
97. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
99. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
100. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
101. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
103. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
106. Tear or be torn violently.
107. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
108. Type genus of the Nepidae.
109. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
2. City in northern Austria on the Danube.
3. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
4. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
5. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
6. Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces.
7. Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales.
8. A particular environment or walk of life.
9. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
10. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
11. Inquire about.
12. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
13. 1 species.
14. (Sumerian) God of the air and king of the Sumerian gods.
15. A genus of Laridae.
21. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula.
26. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
28. Find repugnant.
30. 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.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
42. A crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat).
44. Open to change.
45. Capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria.
47. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
48. A mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing.
49. Sweet Madeira wine.
52. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
54. Having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter.
56. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
58. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
61. Become ground down or deteriorate.
67. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
69. A laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port.
72. A bachelor's degree in religion.
74. The cry made by sheep.
77. A rational motive for a belief or action.
78. A large fleet.
79. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
83. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
84. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
86. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
88. A narrow way or road.
89. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
91. Give over.
93. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
94. Avatar of Vishnu.
96. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
98. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
102. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
104. Informal terms for a mother.
105. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
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