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1. A widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow.
4. A woman of refinement.
9. Slightly open.
13. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
16. Take in solid food.
17. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
18. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
19. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
20. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
22. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
24. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
31. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
32. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. Earnest or urgent request.
42. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
46. A state of northeastern India.
48. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
50. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
51. Toward the mouth or oral region.
54. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
55. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
56. Capable of being folded into two parts, as with doors that are hinged together.
57. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
59. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
60. State in northeastern India.
63. In a tame manner.
65. Being of use or service.
67. A line that forms the length of an arrow pointer.
68. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
69. Type genus of the Manidae.
70. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
73. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
75. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
76. An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate.
79. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
81. The British system of withholding tax.
83. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
85. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
87. A swift whirling motion (usually of a missile).
89. A clay pipe with a short stem.
92. A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus.
95. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
97. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
100. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
101. A cgs unit of work or energy.
102. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
104. In bed.
105. Black tropical American cuckoo.
106. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
107. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
108. A small cake leavened with yeast.
109. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
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1. Flat tableland with steep edges.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. Indicating the most important performer or role.
4. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
5. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
6. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
7. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
8. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. (19th century) A man's high tasseled boot.
11. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
12. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
13. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
14. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
15. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
21. Cut the head of.
23. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
25. A port city in southwestern Iran.
27. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
37. (Russian) Small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried.
38. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
39. European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.
40. East Asian perennial herbs.
41. A minor parish official who serves as an usher and preserves order at services.
43. A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances).
44. The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area.
45. Become adolescent.
47. Small genus of Australian shrubs or trees.
49. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
52. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
53. A genus of bee.
58. (informal) Of very poor quality.
61. Of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people.
62. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
64. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
66. Large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia.
71. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
72. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
74. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
77. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
78. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
80. An informal conversation.
82. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
84. Having three dimensions.
86. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
88. A republic in western South America.
90. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
91. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
93. A narrow way or road.
94. Expel, as of gases and odors.
96. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
98. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
99. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
103. Informal terms for a mother.
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