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1. A federally chartered savings bank.
4. The brightest star in Orion.
9. (informal) A bunch.
13. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. Squash bugs.
18. Any small compartment.
19. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
20. Material used to construct a roof.
22. Capable of existing or taking place or proving true.
24. The cry made by sheep.
25. Antipsychotic drug (trade name Moban) used in the treatment of schizophrenia.
26. Before noon.
28. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
30. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
32. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
34. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
36. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
37. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves.
39. Being nine more than ninety.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
46. Any of various small biting flies.
47. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
49. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
51. Of wines, fruit, cheeses.
53. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
56. An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up.
57. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
58. British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the Empress of India (1804-1881).
60. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
61. (prefix) Reverse of or absence of.
63. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
64. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
65. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
66. Often cultivated for the decorative foliage.
69. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
72. Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars.
73. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
75. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
76. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
77. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
78. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
82. Unknown god.
84. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
85. A state in northwestern North America.
89. A desert in southern Israel.
92. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
95. A branch of the Tai languages.
96. A public promotion of some product or service.
97. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
98. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
100. A flexible container with a single opening.
102. Russian country house.
104. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
106. A light touch or stroke.
107. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
108. Consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous.
109. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
110. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter.
2. The trail left by a person or an animal.
3. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
4. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
5. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
6. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
7. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
8. A boy or man.
9. Large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic.
10. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
11. Give out.
12. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
13. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
14. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
15. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
21. Formed or conceived by the imagination.
23. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
27. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
29. A large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders.
31. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
33. A theatrical performer.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. Of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures.
40. The part of a coal seam that is being cut.
42. A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators.
43. Remove the yoke or harness from, as of a draft animal.
45. A cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points.
48. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
50. Of or relating to or near the nares.
52. Plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy.
54. A small cake leavened with yeast.
55. 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.
59. A large number or amount.
62. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
67. Coffee trees.
68. Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and to have pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441).
70. United States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933).
71. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
74. Relating to or characteristic of an apogee.
79. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
80. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
81. Being nine more than forty.
83. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
86. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
87. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
88. Jordan's port.
90. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
91. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
93. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
94. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
99. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
101. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
103. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
105. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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