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1. The airforce of Great Britain.
4. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
9. The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
13. The bill in a restaurant.
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. Disciple of Jesus and leader of the apostles.
18. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
19. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. Receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart.
23. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
24. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
25. Any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones.
27. Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
32. Being one more than one hundred.
33. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
35. (zoology) Having freedom to move about.
38. The residue that remains when something is burned.
40. The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it.
44. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
48. (Greek mythology) King of Thebes who was unwittingly killed by his son Oedipus.
49. A cheese dish made with bread and egg crumbs that is baked and served in individual fireproof dishes.
51. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
52. A ceremonial dinner party for many people.
53. (of champagne) Extremely dry.
54. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
56. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
57. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
59. Of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization.
61. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
62. The part of the leg between the hip and the knee.
64. Relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator).
65. A gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier.
67. Being one more than one.
68. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
70. Expressive of contempt.
71. Unknown god.
72. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
73. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
75. Gone by.
77. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
79. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
81. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
84. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
87. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
89. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
92. A name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH.
93. Relating to or included in the zodiac.
96. A genus of Mustelidae.
97. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
99. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
101. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
102. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
103. English monk and scholar (672-735).
104. A small cake leavened with yeast.
105. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
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1. Gather, as of as crops.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
4. Earnest or urgent request.
5. Lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus.
6. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
7. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
8. A four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine.
9. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
10. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
11. An Asian river.
12. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
13. Two-year-old sheep.
14. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
15. Divulge information or secrets.
22. A member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste.
26. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
28. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
29. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
34. Tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw.
36. Without law or control.
37. Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers.
39. The second larges of the four main islands of Japan.
41. A conversation between two persons.
42. Aa slavonic language spoken in rural area of southeastern Germany.
43. A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea.
45. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
46. A port in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river.
47. A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude.
50. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
55. Pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies).
58. A region and ancient country in the east of the Balkan Peninsula north of the Aegean Sea.
60. Small creeping evergreen shrubs.
63. Tastelessly showy.
66. A male child (a familiar term of address to a boy).
69. A festival featuring African-American culture.
70. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
74. Relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing.
76. Being ten more than one hundred.
78. Of or belonging to an aecium.
80. A thermionic tube having two electrodes.
81. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
82. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
83. Being one more than three.
85. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
86. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
88. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
90. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
91. Full of zest or vigor.
94. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
95. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
98. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
100. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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