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1. A police officer who investigates crimes.
4. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
8. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
12. Especially one side of a leaf.
16. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
17. A bluish shade of green.
18. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
19. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
20. Not in good physical or mental health.
21. A Russian river.
23. Any age prior to the legal age.
24. Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity.
26. Polished and well-groomed.
28. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
29. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
31. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
32. A professional cook.
34. Type genus of the Anatidae.
36. A protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers.
40. One million periods per second.
42. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
47. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
49. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
50. An informal term for a father.
52. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
53. Any of several short-billed Old World rails.
54. A Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings.
59. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
61. Coins collectively.
63. Fallow deer.
65. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
66. A trademark for a loosely woven cotton fabric that is used to make shirts and underwear.
67. An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.
69. A small cake leavened with yeast.
70. An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up.
71. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant.
73. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
74. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
75. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
80. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
84. Giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap.
88. French explorer who claimed Louisiana for France (1643-1687).
90. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
91. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
92. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
93. Suggestive of the supernatural.
95. Held in slavery.
96. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
97. A fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services.
98. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
99. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
100. The longest division of geological time.
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1. Lining of the stomach of a ruminant (especially a bovine) used as food.
2. (Sumerian) God of the air and king of the Sumerian gods.
3. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
4. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
5. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
6. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
7. Edible bulb of an onion plant.
8. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
9. A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder.
10. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
11. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.
12. Fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts.
13. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
14. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
15. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
22. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
25. Take off a hook.
27. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
30. A radioactive transuranic element.
33. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
35. A genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers.
37. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
38. Nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing.
39. Something serving to conceal plans.
41. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
43. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
44. A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo).
45. Make less active or intense.
46. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
48. (Assyrian) God of storms and wind.
51. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
55. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
56. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
57. German hero.
58. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
60. With rapid movements.
62. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
64. Small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants.
68. Male turkey.
69. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
72. Cause to go crazy.
76. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
77. A device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position.
78. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
79. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
81. A narrow way or road.
82. A small island.
83. (British slang) An absolute certainty.
84. In operation or operational.
85. English logician who introduced Venn diagrams (1834-1923).
86. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
87. A fit of shivering.
89. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
94. A state in midwestern United States.
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