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1. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
9. An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).
13. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
16. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
17. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
18. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
19. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
20. A member of the Tungus speaking people of Mongolian race who are a nomadic people widely spread over eastern Siberia.
22. United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961).
25. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
27. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
29. Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god).
30. One who works hard at boring tasks.
32. A humorous anecdote or remark.
34. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
35. State in northeastern India.
37. Taken or to be taken at random.
40. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
44. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
45. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
46. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
48. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
51. A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells.
53. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
54. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
56. A kind of person.
57. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
58. Appearing in a Biblical canon.
61. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
63. Some held in custody.
64. Of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture.
66. Member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.
69. An item inserted in a written record.
70. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
72. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
74. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
77. One of the 7 gods of happiness.
80. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
84. A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.
87. The capital and largest city of Liechtenstein.
90. (Middle Eastern) Small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds.
93. Having branches.
95. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
96. Advanced in years.
97. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
99. A wound resulting from biting.
100. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
101. A narrow way or road.
102. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
103. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
104. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
3. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
4. An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.
5. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
6. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
7. The cry made by sheep.
8. A large fleet.
9. United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946).
10. Of or relating to the enteron.
11. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
12. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
13. Someone whose employment involves carrying something.
14. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
15. The act of scanning.
21. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
23. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
24. A flock of geese.
26. Invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
33. In a nimble or agile manner.
36. A sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived.
38. A studio especially for an artist or designer.
39. American politician and lawyer.
41. Characteristic of false pride.
42. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
43. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
47. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
49. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
50. Of or containing iridium.
52. A discrete unit of living matter.
55. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
59. A branch of the Tai languages.
60. Plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy.
62. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
65. A state in north central United States.
67. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
68. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
71. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
73. A Russian river.
75. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
76. American filmmaker and comic actor (1935- ).
78. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
79. (geology) Before the appearance of life.
81. Affect with wonder.
82. Of or relating to a hair.
83. Goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis.
85. Produced by a manufacturing process.
86. A radioactive transuranic element.
88. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
89. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
91. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
92. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
94. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
98. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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