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1. (informal) Of the highest quality.
4. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
8. Clean or orderly.
12. English monk and scholar (672-735).
16. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
17. Advanced in years.
18. An infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages.
19. Report or maintain.
20. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. American novelist (1909-1955).
23. Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. Twist or braid together, interlace.
28. An acknowledgment of appreciation.
30. First in order of importance.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid).
34. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
39. Either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber.
42. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
51. (of roads) Made of logs laid down crosswise.
53. French painter and exponent of Fauvism (1880-1954).
54. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
56. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
57. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
59. Two items of the same kind.
60. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Helios and mother of Ariadne.
63. Reflect light or colors like an opal.
64. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
65. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
68. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
69. A state in midwestern United States.
70. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
71. The airforce of Great Britain.
72. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
75. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
77. Being nine more than forty.
79. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
81. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
83. Any compound containing a chlorine atom.
87. (of sound) Fluctuating unsteadily.
92. A special way of doing something.
93. Small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button.
96. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
97. Slightly open.
98. An armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it.
99. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
100. Fraught with extreme danger.
101. Sticking fast n.
102. Trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. Of or like a cecum.
3. Take in solid food.
4. The bill in a restaurant.
5. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
6. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
7. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. City in Sudan.
9. Having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy.
10. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
11. Blood-sucking African fly.
12. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
13. A member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia.
14. A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments.
15. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
25. Make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas.
27. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
29. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835).
31. Largest known toad species.
35. Material used to daub walls.
36. A periodic paperback publication.
37. Wildly disordered.
38. Used especially of plants.
40. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
41. United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956).
43. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
44. Lacking any definite plan or order or purpose.
47. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
48. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
49. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
50. The state that precedes vomiting.
52. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
55. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
58. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
61. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
62. The range within which a voice can be heard.
66. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
67. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
73. Prince Consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861).
74. A light touch or stroke.
76. Relating to or near the ulna.
78. A small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere.
80. A lightweight cord.
82. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
83. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
84. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca.
85. A cruel wicked and inhuman person.
86. A notable achievement.
88. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
89. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
90. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
91. Informal terms for a meal.
94. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
95. (Irish) The sea personified.
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