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1. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
4. An informal term for a father.
8. Divulge information or secrets.
12. The act of terminating a life.
16. A rapid bustling commotion.
17. A European river.
18. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
19. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
20. The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.
21. Covered with paving material.
22. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
23. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
25. A clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped.
26. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
28. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
29. (informal) Exceptionally good.
30. Squash bugs.
32. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
33. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
34. Unknown god.
37. United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971).
42. Wind god.
46. A separate part of a whole.
47. A port city in southwestern Iran.
50. Type genus of the Gavidae.
52. A battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV of France defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne.
54. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
55. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
56. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
57. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
59. An honorary arts degree.
62. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
65. Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery.
66. Marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.
68. A doctor's degree in education.
69. Of or like a cecum.
70. The capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.
71. Coins collectively.
74. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
75. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
77. A heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering.
79. Cause to be bitter or resentful.
83. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
87. The cry made by sheep.
88. The father of your father or mother.
91. A state in the western United States.
93. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
94. Formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water.
95. (informal) Very bad.
97. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
98. A woman religious.
99. Any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force.
100. 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.
101. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
2. The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form.
3. Venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood.
4. (Australian and New Zealand) A disparaging term for English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand.
5. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
6. Wood of a pecan tree.
7. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
8. Type genus of the Bramidae.
9. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
10. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
11. Without hope.
12. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
13. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
14. A fabric woven with lisle thread.
15. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) Optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light.
24. An administrative unit of government.
27. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
31. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
35. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
36. The month following July and preceding September.
38. Type genus of the family Viverridae.
39. An apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage).
40. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
41. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
43. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
44. Fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America.
45. The basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites.
48. That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency.
49. Convert code into ordinary language.
51. A compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals.
53. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
58. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
60. The unlimited 3-dimensional expanse in which everything is located.
61. Driven insane.
63. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
64. The formation of frost or ice on a surface.
67. A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed).
68. Wood of a pecan tree.
72. An attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player.
73. A member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia.
76. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
78. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
80. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
81. Characteristic of false pride.
82. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
84. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
85. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
86. A small cake leavened with yeast.
89. Remaining after all deductions.
90. Free from liquid or moisture.
92. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
96. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
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