1. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
4. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
9. Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog.
13. A doctor's degree in education.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. Growing old.
18. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
19. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
20. Someone who leaves one country to settle in another.
21. (used of arms and legs) Bent outward with the joint away from the body.
23. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
24. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
25. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
27. A British doctorate.
28. 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.
31. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
33. Large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe.
37. Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue.
41. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
42. Offering fun and gaiety.
44. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
45. Being nine more than ninety.
46. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
47. Any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers.
49. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
51. An established ceremony prescribed by a religion.
52. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
53. An informal term for a father.
55. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
56. Performance of moral or religious acts.
58. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
60. Two items of the same kind.
61. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
62. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
65. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
67. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
68. A state in north central United States.
70. A person from whom you are descended.
74. Arranged or displayed systematically in table form.
77. A fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle.
79. Causing alarm or fear.
82. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida.
86. German musician who developed a system for teaching music to children (1895-1982).
88. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
90. A worker who oils engines or machinery.
91. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
94. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
95. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
97. Building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating.
98. A primeval personification of air and breath.
99. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
100. (Welsh) Corresponds to Iris Ler.
101. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
102. A small cake leavened with yeast.

1. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
2. A fit of shivering.
3. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. How long something has existed.
6. The basic unit of money on Malta.
7. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
8. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
9. An Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers.
10. Informal terms for a mother.
11. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
12. Of or resembling a geodesic dome.
13. A dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin.
14. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
15. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
22. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
26. United States food manufacturer who (with his brother) developed a breakfast cereal of crisp flakes of rolled and toasted wheat and corn.
28. A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement.
29. (of panes of glass) Fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead.
30. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
32. An accidental happening.
34. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
35. Small genus of Australian shrubs or trees.
36. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
38. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
39. Class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle.
40. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
43. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
48. Cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful.
50. A basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard).
54. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
57. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
59. By bad luck.
63. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
64. A state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction.
66. Often cultivated for the decorative foliage.
69. Antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA.
71. East Indian annual erect herb.
72. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
73. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
74. A dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin.
75. A flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy.
76. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
78. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
80. Located inward.
81. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
83. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
84. The brightest star in Cygnus.
85. A particular environment or walk of life.
87. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
89. Being two more than forty.
92. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
93. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
96. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.