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1. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
4. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
8. Marked by lack of intellectual depth.
12. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
16. An audiotape recording of sound.
17. A town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii.
18. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
19. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
20. A port city in southwestern Iran.
22. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
23. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
24. Develop and reach maturity.
26. Undo the buckle of.
28. Primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord (a notochord) conspicuous in the larva.
30. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
31. A preparation used in cleaning something.
33. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
36. An endorsement.
39. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
40. The central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo).
43. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
44. A small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one.
47. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
48. Asiatic wild dog.
50. A group of southern Bantu languages.
51. A reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation.
53. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
54. A preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing.
57. United States physicist (born in Russia) who was a proponent of the big-bang theory and who did research in radioactivity and suggested the triplet code for DNA (1904-1968).
59. The grasses.
61. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
63. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
64. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
65. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
69. Type genus of the Anatidae.
70. Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand.
72. German bacteriologist who found a `magic bullet' to cure syphilis and was a pioneer in the study of immunology (1854-1915).
74. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
77. The act of scanning.
78. The month following July and preceding September.
79. Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland).
81. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
84. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
88. A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart.
89. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
92. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
93. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
95. Type genus of the Majidae.
97. Tag the base runner to get him out.
98. Black tropical American cuckoo.
99. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
100. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
101. Free from liquid or moisture.
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1. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A sculpture representing a human or animal.
4. (Greek mythology) The ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades.
5. A cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin).
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. An exhibition of cowboy skills.
8. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
9. A very attractive or seductive looking woman.
10. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
11. Biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions.
12. Not having or producing echoes.
13. The capital of Kyrgystan (known as Frunze 1926-1991).
14. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
15. A long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening.
21. The older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant.
25. A thrumming sound.
27. 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.
29. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
32. A relaxed comfortable feeling.
34. God of wisdom or prophesy.
35. Infringe on the rights of.
37. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Lodine).
38. Wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine.
41. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
42. The twelfth month of the civil year.
45. Wood of a sumac.
46. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
49. Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930).
52. 1/10 gram.
55. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
56. A United States youth subculture of the 1950s.
58. An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.
60. A chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma).
62. A great raja.
66. British informal term.
67. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
68. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
71. Fiddler crabs.
73. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
75. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
76. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high).
80. The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
82. Fallow deer.
83. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
85. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
86. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
87. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
90. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
91. The bill in a restaurant.
94. One thousand grams.
96. Before noon.
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