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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
8. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. (British) Diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines (from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle)).
16. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
17. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. Swiss painter influenced by Kandinsky (1879-1940).
19. English essayist (1775-1834).
20. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
22. A cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the surface of the sun.
25. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
26. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
27. Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
29. Sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or component of something.
31. A hidden drawback.
33. A shape that sags.
34. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
40. The square of a body of any size of type.
42. English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by Edward III (1287-1330).
46. Offering fun and gaiety.
47. Given or having a specified name.
50. United States painter (1870-1966).
51. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
52. The capital and largest city of Japan.
53. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
55. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
57. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
59. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
61. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
63. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
64. Highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried.
66. Written in print characters or produced by means of e.g. a printing press.
67. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
69. A small cake leavened with yeast.
71. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
72. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
75. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
76. A package of several things tied together for carrying or storing.
79. A large and imposing house.
82. A state in the western United States.
86. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state.
87. A representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus.
90. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
91. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
94. Type genus of the Hylidae.
96. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
97. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
98. (Babylonian) God of fire.
99. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
100. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
101. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
102. Irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939).
103. A human female who does housework.
104. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. A certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee.
2. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
3. Polished and well-groomed.
4. A master's degree in business.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. Chop cut from a lamb.
7. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
8. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
9. Muslim name for God.
10. Having been read.
11. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
12. An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience.
13. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
14. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform.
15. An open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers.
21. A native American tent.
23. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
24. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
28. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
30. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
32. Make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas.
35. Before noon.
36. Give a description of.
37. A state of abnormal softening of tissue.
38. Refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style.
39. A three-tone Chadic language.
41. Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.
43. Relating to or near the radius.
44. Of the nature of or undergoing an experiment.
45. An unwholesome atmosphere.
48. Small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits.
49. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
54. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
56. The Teutonic goddess of fertility.
58. A member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas.
60. State in northeastern India.
62. A person forced to flee from home or country.
65. Lower in esteem.
68. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
70. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
73. A representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture).
74. 1 species.
75. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
77. United States comedian.
78. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
80. Remote and separate physically or socially.
81. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
82. A public promotion of some product or service.
83. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
84. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
85. Leafless East Indian vine.
88. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
89. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
90. Highly excited.
92. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
93. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
95. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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