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1. A flexible container with a single opening.
4. An island republic on Nauru Island.
9. A small nail.
13. Failing to detonate.
16. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
17. Of lesser importance or stature or rank.
18. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
19. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
20. Not only so, but.
22. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
24. A son who has the same first name as his father.
26. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
27. Valuable source of caviar and isinglass.
29. Produce ankylosis by surgery.
30. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
32. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
35. A person afflicted with psychosis.
39. Jackal-headed god of tombs.
42. German composer and inventor of the music drama (1813-1883).
46. A deep prolonged loud noise.
47. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
48. The sixth month of the civil year.
50. (informal) Fortitude and determination.
52. An honorary law degree.
53. (Sumerian) Sun god.
55. A soft lightweight fabric (usually printed).
57. Selected as the best.
59. One thousand periods per second.
60. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
61. Binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
65. Hardy breed from Ayr Scotland.
67. A primeval personification of air and breath.
71. An implement used to erase something.
72. Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering.
74. Marked by smartness in dress and manners.
76. In an ideal manner.
79. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
83. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
86. United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931).
88. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
90. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
92. Not often.
94. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
95. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
96. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
98. Not in action or at work.
99. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
100. A doctor's degree in education.
101. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
102. A bluish shade of green.
103. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
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1. Common Indian weaverbird.
2. Chief port of Yemen.
3. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
4. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
5. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
6. (usually followed by `to') Not having the necessary means or skill or know-how.
7. An exhibition of cowboy skills.
8. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
9. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
10. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
13. An informal term for a father.
14. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
15. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
21. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
23. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
25. God of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity.
28. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
31. The month following March and preceding May.
33. A detested person.
34. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
36. Inflammation of the colon.
37. Either of the club-like rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects.
38. Someone who places an order to buy.
40. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
41. A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.
43. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
44. An arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land.
45. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
49. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
51. A short film and commentary about current events.
54. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
56. Slightly open.
58. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
63. Any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain.
66. A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs.
68. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
69. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
70. Excellent and delightful in all respects.
71. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
73. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
74. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
75. A bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record.
76. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
77. The sacred city of Lamaism.
78. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
80. Affect with wonder.
81. The basic unit of money in Yemen.
82. A farm where dairy products are produced.
84. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
85. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
87. Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910).
88. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
89. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
91. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
92. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
93. The force of workers available.
97. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
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