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1. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
4. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
9. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
13. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
16. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
18. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. A city in western Germany.
22. Powdery starch from certain sago palms.
23. 36th President of the United States.
24. A small cake leavened with yeast.
26. Obvious and dull.
28. Greek mythology.
30. Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream.
32. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
34. (in boxing) The act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily.
39. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
42. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
46. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
47. 1/1000 gram.
51. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
54. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
55. Adorned by inlays.
59. Black tropical American cuckoo.
60. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
61. A major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate.
62. Well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force.
64. 1 species.
67. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
68. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
70. A wine bottle made of leather.
71. Of or belonging to an aecium.
73. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
75. American novelist (1909-1955).
76. A state in northwestern North America.
78. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
80. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
82. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
87. A battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC).
91. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
95. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
96. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
97. (of exocrine glands) Producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion.
98. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
99. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
100. A spread consisting of capers and black olives and anchovies made into a puree with olive oil.
101. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
5. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
6. A family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British Columbia.
7. Make amendments to.
8. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
9. An associate degree in applied science.
10. Basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle.
11. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
12. Very dark black.
13. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
14. A French abbot.
15. Type genus of the Majidae.
25. Superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins.
27. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
29. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
31. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
33. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
35. The Bantu language of the Buganda people.
36. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
37. Relating to or containing auxins.
38. Bursting into flower.
40. A weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks.
41. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
43. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
44. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
45. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
48. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
49. The cry made by sheep.
50. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
52. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
53. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
56. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
57. Dutch postimpressionist painter noted for his use of color (1853-1890).
58. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
63. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
65. Turkish sea power was destroyed in 1571 by a league of Christian nations organized by the Pope.
66. Top part of an apron.
69. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
72. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
74. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
77. Fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus.
78. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
79. The liquid part that can be extracted from fruits and vegetables.
81. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
83. Danish physicist who studied atomic structure and radiations.
84. An arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers.
85. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
86. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
88. Kill intentionally and with premeditation.
89. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
90. Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.
92. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
93. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
94. Towards the side away from the wind.
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