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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. Combined or joined to increase in size or quantity or scope.
9. A member of the British order of honor.
13. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
16. Female of domestic cattle.
17. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
18. Extremely robust.
19. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
20. Decreasing in amount or intensity.
22. A person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure.
24. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
25. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
26. Cosmopolitan genus of ferns.
29. The trade name for a drug used to treat upper respirator congestion.
30. A dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten).
32. Dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa.
34. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
37. A large number or amount.
42. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
44. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
45. (sports) With hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level.
47. Unknown god.
49. Kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting.
51. Erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers.
52. Deeply moved.
54. One thousand periods per second.
57. (Babylonian) The sky god.
59. A starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy.
61. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
62. The third month of the civil year.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
69. Type genus of the Rutaceae.
70. Fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts.
72. Be behind.
75. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
78. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
79. Characteristic of false pride.
80. The capital and largest city of Hawaii.
82. A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods.
86. The ending of a series or sequence.
87. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
89. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
90. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
91. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
92. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
94. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
98. A strong emotion.
99. Used of the language of the deaf.
100. A fraudulent business scheme.
101. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
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1. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
2. Of or relating to or affecting a lobe.
3. A Hindu religious teacher.
4. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
5. The basic unit of money in Yemen.
6. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
7. Half the width of an em.
8. Fallow deer.
9. A small informal restaurant.
10. (architecture) Forming or resembling an arch.
11. Apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel).
12. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
13. Sharp piercing cry.
14. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
15. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
21. In some classifications considered a genus of subfamily Melinae.
23. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
27. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,870 feet high).
28. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
31. A Russian river.
33. 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.
35. Violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements).
36. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
38. Genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers.
39. alter slightly, esp. to achieve accuracy.
40. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
41. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
43. A public promotion of some product or service.
46. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
48. Jordan's port.
50. The qualities of a hero or heroine.
53. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
55. Tropical genus of small trees or shrubs.
56. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
58. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
60. A tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiety and insomnia and alcohol withdrawal.
63. A dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap.
64. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
66. An unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.
68. Canadian writer noted for his analyses of the mass media (1911-1980).
69. Fallow deer.
71. Rig used in drilling for oil or gas.
73. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
74. 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).
76. Someone with a promising future.
77. Administer an oil or ointment to.
81. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
82. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
83. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
84. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
85. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
88. An associate degree in applied science.
89. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
93. An expression of greeting.
95. One million periods per second.
96. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
97. A person forced to flee from home or country.
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