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1. The rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing).
4. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
8. Report or maintain.
12. A large number or amount.
16. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
17. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
18. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
19. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
20. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
21. Make sharp or sharper.
23. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
24. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
26. The animal order including amoebas.
27. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
28. Austrian chemist who did research on carotenoids and vitamins (1900-1967).
30. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
31. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
33. A Bantu language spoken in southern coastal Tanzania.
35. Being one more than one hundred.
36. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
37. A state in midwestern United States.
42. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
46. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
48. A synthetic corticosteroid (trade names Aristocort or Aristopak or Kenalog) used as an anti-inflammatory agent.
50. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
52. A populous province in northeastern China.
54. Gone by.
55. A republic in central Africa.
56. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
57. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
61. A European river.
62. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
64. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
65. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
66. Conforming to truth.
67. A Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917).
68. The basic unit of money in Bhutan.
70. Japanese painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1760-1849).
71. (informal) Of the highest quality.
73. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
74. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
75. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
78. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
88. A landlocked republic in eastern Europe.
90. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
91. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).
92. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
93. The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.
94. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
96. Utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs.
97. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
98. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
99. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
100. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
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1. Marked by extreme lack of restraint or control.
2. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
3. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms.
4. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
5. United States songwriter and playwright famous for his patriotic songs (1878-1942).
6. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
7. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
8. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
9. (Norse mythology) Race of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir.
10. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
11. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
12. Any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by a horse or tractor.
13. Strong and sharp.
14. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
15. Fastened with stitches.
22. Type genus of the Pezizaceae.
25. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
29. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
32. Of or relating to or measured in ohms.
34. A final crushing defeat.
38. A state in northwestern North America.
39. A woman sahib.
40. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
41. Any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root.
43. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce).
44. An actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl.
45. A picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene.
47. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
49. In full operation.
51. A shelter with perches for fowl or other birds.
53. A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease.
58. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
59. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
60. Smeared thickly.
63. Pleasantly occupied.
69. A boy or man.
72. A nation in northern North America.
76. Of or relating to or containing barium.
77. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
79. A manner of performance.
80. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
81. A small cake leavened with yeast.
82. (often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous.
83. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
84. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
85. (Roman mythology) God of love.
86. Shattered or torn up or torn apart violently as by e.g. wind or lightning or explosive.
87. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
89. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
95. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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