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1. An informal term for a father.
4. A Nilotic language.
9. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
13. Of the blackest black.
16. Black tropical American cuckoo.
17. An inflammatory swelling or sore.
18. Female equine animal.
19. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
20. Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike.
22. Inhabitant of the island of Cebu.
23. A branch of the Tai languages.
24. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. Automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system.
29. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
32. A protruding abdomen.
34. Jordan's port.
37. In bed.
39. Chief port of Yemen.
40. Characterized by rising prices.
42. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
48. Of or relating to or characteristic of Gambia or its inhabitants.
50. A beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot).
52. A large number or amount.
53. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
54. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
56. Colloquial British abbreviation.
57. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west.
58. Glittering with gold or silver.
60. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
61. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
63. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
64. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
65. A villainous Jew in Charles Dickens' novel "Oliver Twist".
67. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
70. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
72. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
73. Japanese statesman who set Japan's expansionist policies and formed an alliance with Germany and Italy (1891-1945).
75. The time during which someone's life continues.
76. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
78. A constellation in the Milky Way near Cygnus.
84. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
88. Includes some plants usually placed in e.g. genus Dicksonia.
90. Wild ginger.
92. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
93. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
94. A member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India.
96. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
97. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
98. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
99. Any plant of the genus Erica.
100. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
101. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
3. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves.
4. A master's degree in business.
5. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
6. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
7. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
8. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
9. Web spinners.
10. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
11. Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing.
12. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
13. (Norse mythology) One of a race of giants often in conflict with the Aesir.
14. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
15. Hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates.
21. Covered patchily.
26. Hindu sacred text instructing the Brahmins to perform the Vedic rituals.
28. The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec.
30. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
31. Reach, make, or come to a decision about something.
33. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
35. A warm ocean current that flows NE off the coast of Japan into the N Pacific.
36. Of or relating to or characteristic of Alsace or its inhabitants.
38. A woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chine.
41. 1/10 gram.
43. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
45. In a moody manner.
46. Mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects.
49. Dwell (archaic).
51. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
55. A public promotion of some product or service.
59. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
62. A group of related languages spoken in a valley of southern Ethiopia.
66. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
68. Suggesting an eye or eyes.
69. A member of a senate.
70. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
71. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
74. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
77. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
79. A witty saying.
80. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
81. Fallow deer.
82. Avatar of Vishnu.
83. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
85. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
86. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
87. A city in northern India.
89. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
91. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
95. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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