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1. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
4. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
17. Soft suede glove leather from goatskin.
18. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
19. The site of an archeological exploration.
20. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
21. (of hair) Groomed with pomade.
23. A woman's large folded hooped hood.
25. Constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches.
27. Enclosed in or set off by a border or box.
29. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
30. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
31. A republic on the west coast of Africa.
33. Driven insane.
35. Affect with wonder.
36. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
40. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
41. A public promotion of some product or service.
43. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
45. A human limb.
46. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
48. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
52. Extremely pleasing.
54. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
55. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
56. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
58. A mistake resulting from inattention.
59. A public promotion of some product or service.
60. An (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown.
61. Lacking piety or reverence for a god.
63. The eighth month of the civil year.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. The hole that an anchor rope passes through.
67. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
68. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
70. 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.
72. The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros.
73. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
74. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
79. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
80. An affirmative.
81. A stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the shins.
84. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
87. South African term for `boss'.
91. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
92. Related on the mother's side.
95. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
97. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
98. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
99. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
100. The state of being decayed or destroyed.
101. A light touch or stroke.
102. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
103. A city on the River Aire in West Yorkshire in northern England.
104. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
105. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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1. Type genus of the Amiidae.
2. Located in or toward the back or rear.
3. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
4. Made difficult or slow.
5. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
6. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
9. (law) A courtroom conference between the lawyers and the judge in a trial that is held out of the jury's hearing.
10. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
13. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
14. Not final or absolute.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
24. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
26. A source of danger.
28. A light fitful sleep.
32. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
34. A phylum including.
37. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
38. A disputant who advocates reform.
39. The strength of a electrical current measured in amperes.
42. Having the color of a blue sapphire.
44. A salt of any halogen acid.
47. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
49. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
50. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
51. Beside one another in a row or rank.
53. Common Indian weaverbird.
57. A person who makes use of a thing.
59. An unusually small individual.
62. Employed in accomplishing something.
65. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
69. Being ahead of time or need.
70. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
71. Excellent and delightful in all respects.
72. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
75. Earnest or urgent request.
76. The cry made by sheep.
77. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
78. Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches.
82. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
83. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
85. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
86. The twelfth month of the civil year.
88. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
89. The sixth month of the civil year.
90. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
93. A doctor's degree in theology.
94. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
96. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
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