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1. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
5. The probability of a specified outcome.
9. Stem of plants of the Gramineae.
13. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
16. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
17. The British system of withholding tax.
18. Type genus of the Anatidae.
19. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
20. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
21. A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off).
22. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians.
25. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
27. A native-born Israeli.
28. 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.
30. Divulge information or secrets.
32. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
41. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
43. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
47. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
48. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
49. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
51. Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery.
52. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
54. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
56. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
57. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
58. God of wealth and love.
60. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
64. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
65. A resident of Iowa.
66. A gay feeling.
67. Long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family.
69. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
70. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
71. An industrial plant for smelting.
73. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
74. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
77. A port city in southwestern Iran.
79. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
81. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
82. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
83. Informal terms for a mother.
84. Lean end of the neck.
87. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
93. Waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls.
95. A mountainous region in central Italy.
97. A light touch or stroke.
98. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
99. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
101. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
102. How long something has existed.
103. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
104. A grant made by a law court.
105. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
106. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
107. Being one more than fifty.
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1. (dialect) A short straight stick of wood.
2. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
3. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
4. North American and Asian herbs with divided leaves and irregular flowers.
5. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
6. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
7. A language of Australian aborigines.
8. One of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower.
9. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
10. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
11. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
12. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
13. Jordan's port.
14. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
15. God of death.
26. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
28. The capital and largest city of Greece.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. A chronic contagious viral disease marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue.
34. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
36. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
38. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone and mestranol.
39. An early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica.
40. Irish playwright remembered for his satirical comedies of manners (1751-1816).
42. A university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign.
44. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
45. An informal term for a father.
46. A stringed instrument of India.
50. A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.
53. The sound made by corvine birds.
55. The cry made by sheep.
59. A canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter.
61. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
62. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
63. One of the common people.
68. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
72. Following surreptitiously.
73. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
75. A republic on the Isthmus of Panama.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
78. A native of ancient Troy.
79. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
80. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
85. Make reference to.
86. Any competition.
88. Two items of the same kind.
89. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
90. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
91. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
92. In bed.
94. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition.
96. A flexible container with a single opening.
100. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
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