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1. 10 grams.
4. A disreputable vagrant.
9. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
13. A light touch or stroke.
16. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
17. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
18. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. Of or relating to Tantrism.
22. Leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree.
24. Tag the base runner to get him out.
25. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
26. English historian who studied the rise and fall of civilizations looking for cyclical patterns (1889-1975).
28. The sacred city of Lamaism.
30. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
31. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
34. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
36. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
40. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
45. English geologist remembered as the first person to recognize that dinosaurs were reptiles (1790-1852).
47. A basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression).
48. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
51. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
52. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
53. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
55. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
58. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
59. An appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food.
61. A port city in southwestern Iran.
63. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
65. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
66. A northeastern Iranian language spoken in Russia.
67. American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
69. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
70. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
72. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
73. Half the width of an em.
74. A genus of Lamnidae.
77. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
80. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
84. Singing jazz.
86. An Italian poet famous for `The Divine Comedy'--a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).
90. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
91. A region of western India north of Bombay (bordering the Arabian Sea) where Gujarati is spoken.
93. A proposal for an appropriate course of action.
96. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
97. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
98. Jordan's port.
100. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
101. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
102. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
103. Wild and menacing.
104. Loose or flaccid body fat.
105. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A long narrow excavation in the earth.
2. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
3. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
4. (Norse mythology) God of war and strife and son of Odin.
5. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
6. Harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters.
7. One million periods per second.
8. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
9. The capital of the state of Kansas.
10. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
11. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
12. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
13. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
14. By bad luck.
15. A small cake leavened with yeast.
21. (Judaism) Not conforming to dietary laws.
23. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
29. A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature.
32. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
33. A resident of Nevada.
35. Type genus of the Amiidae.
37. A period of 10 years.
38. Arranged in parallel folds.
39. Genus of tropical hardwood timber trees.
41. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. Italian lawn bowling (played on a long narrow dirt court).
44. The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.
46. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
49. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
50. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
54. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
56. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
57. The Spanish Navy was destroyed by France and England while attempting to recover Sicily and Sardinia from Italy (1719).
60. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
62. A bachelor's degree in science.
64. Remove or make invisible.
68. Noisy talk.
71. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
75. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms.
76. Food for domestic livestock.
78. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
79. Polish filmmaker (born in 1929).
81. Sour or bitter in taste.
82. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
83. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
85. A three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides.
87. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
88. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
89. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
92. The airforce of Great Britain.
94. 30 to 300 megahertz.
95. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
99. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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