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1. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
4. A populous province in northeastern China.
9. Slow to learn or understand.
13. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
16. A tight-fitting headdress.
17. (biology) Having or resembling wings.
18. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
19. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
20. Step on it.
21. Gull family.
23. Small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe.
25. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
27. Relating to the belt or region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast, as in "neritic fauna".
28. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
29. A small cake leavened with yeast.
30. The products of human creativity.
31. The month following July and preceding September.
33. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
36. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
37. The fatty flesh of eel.
39. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
40. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
43. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
46. The square of a body of any size of type.
48. Actually being performed (or--for the audience--present) at the time of viewing.
49. A coffin along with its stand.
50. Small free-swimming tunicates.
53. Goddess of fertility.
54. Submerged freshwater perennials.
55. A town in central Belgium.
56. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
57. (Irish) The sea personified.
58. A worker who attaches something by nailing it.
60. A complex inorganic compound that contains ammonia molecules.
63. The language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life.
65. King of the Vandals who seized Roman lands and invaded North Africa and sacked Rome (428-477).
67. A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
68. A major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea.
71. Have an existence, be extant.
72. Be teeming, be abuzz.
73. A public promotion of some product or service.
74. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
75. Accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity.
77. Being nine more than thirty.
80. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
89. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
92. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
94. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
95. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
96. Of or like a cecum.
97. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
98. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
99. A negative.
100. English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596).
101. Very dark black.
102. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
2. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
3. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
4. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
5. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
6. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
7. 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.
8. (Greek mythology) Monster with nine heads.
9. Two performers or singers who perform together.
10. Radiation lying in the ultraviolet range.
11. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
12. The cry made by sheep.
13. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
14. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
15. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
22. Breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire.
24. The capital and largest city of Rwanda.
26. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
32. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
34. Robber flies.
35. To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.
38. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
40. Lower someone's spirits.
41. To modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo.
42. (often used with `pay') A formal expression of esteem.
44. Of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets.
45. Rounded like an egg.
47. New Zealand conifer.
51. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
52. Either of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head.
59. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
61. One thousandth of a second.
62. A Republic in southern North America.
64. Of or relating to or measured in ohms.
66. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
69. A Bantu language sometimes considered a dialect of Zulu.
70. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
76. A state in north central United States.
78. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
79. Having winglike extensions.
81. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
82. An annual award for outstanding achievements in television.
83. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
84. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
85. Similar or related in quality or character.
86. Avatar of Vishnu.
87. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
88. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
90. An honorary degree in science.
91. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
93. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
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