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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. Situated in or facing or moving toward the east.
8. A professional cook.
12. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
16. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
17. Type genus of the Nepidae.
18. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
19. Very dark black.
20. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
21. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
22. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
23. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
24. Found along western Atlantic coast.
26. Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).
29. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
31. A Russian river.
33. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. Wearing a turban.
40. Leave or strike out, as of vowels.
45. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
46. A car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors.
47. (informal) Exceptionally good.
50. A genus of Ploceidae.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
53. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
55. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
56. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
58. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
61. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.
62. 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.
64. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
66. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
68. Hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas.
69. Any of the Hindu sacred writing.
70. The Fate who determines the length of the thread of life.
72. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
73. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
75. The capital and largest city of Japan.
80. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
84. Be going to.
86. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
88. The animal order including amoebas.
91. A naturally occuring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils.
93. A humorous anecdote or remark.
94. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
95. Jordan's port.
97. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.
98. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
99. Take in solid food.
100. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
101. Smallest merganser and most expert diver.
102. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
3. The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand.
4. Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.).
5. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
6. Castrate, used with animals.
7. Arranged or displayed systematically in table form.
8. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
9. A native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century).
10. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
11. A fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services.
12. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
13. A port city in southwestern Iran.
14. Fearless and daring.
15. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
25. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
27. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
28. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
34. Trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits.
37. A member of a Turkic people of Chinese Turkestan and neighboring areas (formerly of Mongolia and eastern Turkestan).
38. Marked by extreme anger.
39. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
41. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
42. Related on the mother's side.
43. A castrated tomcat.
44. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
48. An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).
49. Cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone.
52. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
54. Marked by rain.
57. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
59. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
60. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
63. A badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together).
65. Small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button.
67. A ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation.
71. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
74. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
76. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
77. The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum.
78. Affect with wonder.
79. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
81. Type genus of the Amiidae.
82. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
83. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
85. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
87. A fit of shivering.
89. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
90. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
92. Not of long duration.
93. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
96. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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