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1. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
5. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
9. An informal term for a father.
13. (used informally) Very small.
16. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
18. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. Being nine more than eighty.
20. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
21. Annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages.
23. Of or relating to or near the coccyx.
25. (in Scotland) A child.
27. Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems.
29. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
30. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
31. A genus of Ploceidae.
33. Indicating the most important performer or role.
37. Austrian writer (1881-1942).
38. Many times at short intervals.
44. That is to say.
45. A way of doing something, esp. a systematic one.
47. Any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones.
49. A human limb.
52. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
54. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
55. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
58. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
60. Provide physical relief, as from pain.
62. By bad luck.
64. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
65. Marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner.
67. United States filmmaker (born in 1928).
69. Direction or advice as to a decision or course of action.
73. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
74. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
77. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
78. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
79. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
83. Have confidence or faith in.
85. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
89. Waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls.
92. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
93. The sign language used in the United States.
94. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
96. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
97. A master's degree in fine arts.
98. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
99. 100 halers equal 1 koruna.
100. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
101. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A Russian river.
3. Coextensive with the order Pholidota.
4. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
6. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
7. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
8. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
9. A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
10. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
11. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
12. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
13. English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384).
14. Marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact.
15. Enthusiastic approval.
22. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
24. Made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned.
26. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
34. A loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency sounds.
35. A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry).
36. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
39. A linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth.
40. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
41. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
42. Divest of the frock.
43. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
46. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
48. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
50. Offering fun and gaiety.
51. A city in southeastern South Korea.
53. The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid).
56. Gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails.
57. Being one more than sixteen.
59. Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
61. Either extremity of something that has length.
63. (Japanese) Thin beef strips (or chicken or pork) cooked briefly at the table with onions and greens and soy sauce.
66. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
68. The cry made by sheep.
70. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
71. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
72. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
75. (of something seen or heard) Clearly defined.
76. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
80. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
81. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
82. A large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.
83. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.
84. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
86. The highest level or degree attainable.
87. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
88. The sixth month of the civil year.
90. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
91. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
95. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
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