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1. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
5. Type genus of the Apidae.
9. Telephone line (Wide Area Telephone Service).
13. A bachelor's degree in theology.
16. Be idle.
17. One thousandth of a second.
18. A city in northwestern Syria.
19. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
20. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
22. An inactive volcano in the Andes in central Ecuador.
24. Step on it.
25. Of or relating to the velum.
26. German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716).
29. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained.
31. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
32. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
33. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
35. A doctor's degree in optometry.
37. (Irish) The sea personified.
39. A state in New England.
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
46. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
49. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
51. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
53. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
54. Your general store of remembered information.
56. Serving as or forming a base.
57. Any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod.
59. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
60. A database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics).
61. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
63. A doctor's degree in education.
64. Enough to meet a purpose.
67. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
68. Capital of Nigeria in the center of the country.
70. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
72. An affirmative.
74. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
77. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
80. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
82. Someone whose business is advertising.
86. (Phoenician and Philistine) God of agriculture and the earth.
90. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
92. Conducive to peace.
94. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
95. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
96. Freetail bats.
98. A notable achievement.
99. Being here now.
100. Covered with or as if with a glossy and usually brightly colored coating.
101. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Speaking a Slavic language.
2. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
3. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
4. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
5. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
6. One of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament.
7. That is to say.
8. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
9. An ambitious and aspiring young person.
10. (medicine) Chilly.
11. Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.
12. A secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.
13. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
14. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
15. Food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked.
21. A genus of Stromateidae.
23. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made.
30. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
34. Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike.
36. A state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction.
38. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
40. (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology.
41. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
42. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
44. A town in northern Minnesota.
45. Disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people.
47. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
48. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
50. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
52. A person who habitually pretends to be something he is not.
55. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
58. A door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall.
62. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
65. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
66. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
69. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
70. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
71. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
73. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
75. The beach at a seaside resort.
76. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
78. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
79. Expressive of contempt.
81. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
83. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
84. Being nothing more than specified.
85. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
86. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
87. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
88. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
89. A quantity of no importance.
91. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
93. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
97. An associate degree in nursing.
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