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1. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
4. Located below or beneath something else.
9. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
13. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
16. Towards the side away from the wind.
17. A weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
18. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
19. An accountant certified by the state.
20. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
21. Fruit of the oak tree.
22. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
23. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
24. By bad luck.
26. A city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.
29. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
31. A state in midwestern United States.
32. The bill in a restaurant.
34. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.
38. (astronomy) The reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse.
42. (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld in ancient mythology.
46. A malicious fierce-tempered woman.
47. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
50. Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use.
51. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
52. Quality of being active or spirited or vigorous.
53. A doctor's degree in education.
55. United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961).
56. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
58. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
60. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
61. Squash bugs.
63. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
65. An item of factual information derived from measurement or research.
66. Scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object.
68. United States abolitionist (1786-1865).
69. Being one more than fifty.
70. United States writer remembered as the secretary and companion of Gertrude Stein (1877-1967).
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
78. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
84. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
88. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
90. A player who makes a score in a game or contest.
91. 10 grams.
92. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
93. Of a pale purple color.
95. A very attractive or seductive looking woman.
96. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
97. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
98. English film actress (1913-1967).
99. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
100. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
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1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
2. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. A city in the European part of Russia.
5. A river in Germany.
6. Comical in an odd or whimsical manner.
7. A genus of Mustelidae.
8. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
9. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door.
10. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
11. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
12. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
13. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
25. An internal representation of the world.
27. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
28. The condition of having no arms.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits.
36. Former name for the order Crocodylia.
37. A message received and understood that reduces the recipient's uncertainty.
39. Capable of making an error.
40. Small genus of Old World annual herbs.
41. Affecting an entire system.
43. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe.
44. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
45. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
54. A doctor's degree in religion.
57. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
59. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
62. Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises.
64. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
67. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
72. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
73. An enclosed space.
74. A port city in southwestern Iran.
76. (archaic) Of persons.
77. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
79. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
80. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
81. A sudden numbing dread.
82. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
83. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
85. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
86. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
87. Highly excited.
89. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
94. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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