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1. Give a nickname to.
4. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together.
9. In bed.
13. Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. Muslim name for God.
18. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
19. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
20. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar.
22. An informal term for a father.
23. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
24. A telegram sent abroad.
26. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
28. An analgesic for mild pain.
30. Stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding.
31. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
33. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
35. Resembling sculpture.
37. An iconic mental representation.
39. Quick and skillful in movement.
43. A state in northwestern North America.
44. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
46. Liquid excretory product.
48. Originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites).
50. Clear to the mind.
52. A contestant who loses the contest.
53. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
56. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
57. Uncontrollably noisy.
60. Genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers.
63. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
64. A festival featuring African-American culture.
65. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
66. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
67. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
73. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
74. A farewell remark.
77. Porridge made of rolled oats.
80. A genus of Ploceidae.
83. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
84. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
87. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
92. Of or relating to or derived from pectin.
94. (used of arms and legs) Bent outward with the joint away from the body.
96. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
97. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
98. Of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen.
100. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
101. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
102. Type genus of the Dasyatidae.
103. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
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1. Fallow deer.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
4. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
5. An honorary law degree.
6. Having winglike extensions.
7. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
8. A branch of the Tai languages.
9. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
10. A small cake leavened with yeast.
11. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
12. Russian country house.
13. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
14. A small stream.
15. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
21. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
25. Striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects.
27. A share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given.
29. Ancient city southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius.
32. A beckoning gesture.
34. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
36. The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.
38. A noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun).
40. A change for the better.
41. A person who is not a serf or a slave.
42. Of a leaf shape.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
49. An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance.
51. Genus of African timber trees.
54. A city in north central Morocco.
55. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
58. Make uniform.
59. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
61. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
62. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
68. Medieval body armor that covers the chest and back.
69. Fire-bellied toads.
70. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
71. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
72. Red-mouthed grunt found from Florida to Brazil.
73. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
75. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
76. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
78. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
79. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
80. Not in good physical or mental health.
81. Of or relating to or involving an area.
82. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
85. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
86. A kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans.
88. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
89. An endorsement.
90. Expel, as of gases and odors.
91. A mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women.
92. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
93. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
95. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
99. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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