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1. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
4. English monk and scholar (672-735).
9. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
13. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
16. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
17. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
18. Type genus of the Ranidae.
19. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
20. An archaic term for a boundary.
22. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
24. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
26. An artificial language.
27. A town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River.
29. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
30. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
32. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
33. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
35. Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in northernmost Burma and adjacent China and India.
38. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
41. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
45. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
46. Before noon.
48. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
50. A sudden short attack.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. That is to say.
55. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
56. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
57. By bad luck.
58. A musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes.
61. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
62. Covered or furnished with tiles.
64. Almost no or (with "a) at least some.
67. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
68. The environmental condition.
69. Any of various brown and yellow finches of pats of Europe.
70. 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.
72. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
73. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
74. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
77. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
79. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
81. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
84. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
85. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
86. Muslim name for God.
87. A fraudulent business scheme.
91. A Hindu prince or king in India.
94. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
98. A light touch or stroke.
99. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
100. Wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India.
101. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
102. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
103. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
104. An annual award for outstanding achievements in television.
105. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
106. Remaining after all deductions.
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1. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
2. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
3. (of champagne) Extremely dry.
4. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
5. (informal) Of the highest quality.
6. Half the width of an em.
7. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
8. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
9. A geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry.
10. An informal term for a father.
11. Not out.
12. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
13. A French abbot.
14. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
15. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
21. Express the same message in different words.
23. American professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948).
25. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
28. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
31. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. Resembling apes.
37. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
39. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
40. Habitual mode of behavior.
42. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
43. Of or relating to or characteristic of Siberia or the Siberians.
44. Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
47. An unwholesome atmosphere.
49. The cry made by sheep.
53. (Sumerian) God of the air and king of the Sumerian gods.
54. A genus of Chinchillidae.
59. Deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-gray bark of North America and Europe and Asia.
60. Large scissors with strong blades.
63. Cause to become detached or separated.
65. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
66. A German city near Leipzig.
71. Having wrinkles.
72. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
75. Keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement.
76. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
78. A native of ancient Troy.
79. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
80. A port city in southwestern Iran.
82. Leave or strike out, as of vowels.
83. State in northeastern India.
84. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
88. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
89. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
90. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
92. Similar to the color of jade.
93. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
95. How long something has existed.
96. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
97. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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