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1. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
4. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
9. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
13. Injured by bites or stings.
16. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
17. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
18. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
19. The seed of the cereal grass.
20. Metal supports for logs in a fireplace.
22. Pungent fleshy edible root.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. An intuitive awareness.
26. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
28. Old World tropical herbs.
30. Being one more than one hundred.
31. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
33. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
37. The cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens.
41. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
43. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
46. A Russian river.
47. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. A red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone.
51. Casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs.
53. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
54. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
55. A person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow.
57. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
59. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
60. United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993).
62. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
63. Type genus of the Otariidae.
65. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
66. Large outdoor signboard.
68. A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic.
69. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
71. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
72. (informal) Foolish.
75. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
78. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
80. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
81. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
84. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
88. Being three more than forty.
91. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
92. Cabbage butterflies.
94. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
95. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
97. Any competition.
99. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
100. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
101. Offering little or no hope.
102. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
103. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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1. A socially awkward or tactless act.
2. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
3. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
4. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
5. A compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight.
6. A feeling of intense anger.
7. A state in northwestern North America.
8. Make a half turn on a horse, in dressage.
9. Tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill.
10. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
11. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
12. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
13. (informal) Exceptionally good.
14. The eighth month of the civil year.
15. A three-tone Chadic language.
21. Type genus of the family Elephantidae.
23. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
27. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
29. The bill in a restaurant.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. A tributary of the Ohio River in West Virginia.
35. The capital and largest city of Greece.
36. United States baseball player (born in 1931).
38. A container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual).
39. Characterized by hard work and perseverance.
40. A great raja.
42. Cause to agonize.
44. A Bantu language spoken in the Kenyan coastal areas of East Africa.
45. Any agent that enhances milk production.
48. A member of a European light cavalry unit.
49. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
52. Italian poet considered the national poet of modern Italy (1835-1907).
56. God of death.
58. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
61. Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column.
64. For a short time.
67. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
70. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
73. A single-reed woodwind with a conical bore.
74. Inflammation of the gums.
76. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
77. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
79. A genus of Pyralidae.
82. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
83. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
85. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
86. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
87. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
88. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
89. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
90. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
93. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
96. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
98. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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