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1. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
4. A genus of Platalea.
9. Make reference to.
13. Being nine more than eighty.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. Genus of African timber trees.
18. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
19. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
20. Analgesic drug (trade name Talwin) that is less addictive than morphine.
22. A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage.
24. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
26. A common venereal disease caused by the Treponema pallidum spirochete.
27. A short aria.
29. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
30. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
32. Of or belonging to an aecium.
34. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
36. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
38. (of snakes and eels) Naturally footless.
42. A measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test.
43. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
48. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
49. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
53. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
54. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
55. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
57. A state in New England.
58. A cgs unit of work or energy.
59. A master's degree in business.
60. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
62. (psychiatry) A psychological disorder of thought or emotion.
64. Having winglike extensions.
67. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
68. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
69. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.
70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
74. A chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia halfway between New Guinea and Japan.
78. A binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element.
82. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
85. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
89. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
90. A streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine.
94. An accountant certified by the state.
96. Using speech rather than writing.
98. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
99. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
100. State in northeastern India.
101. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
102. The residue that remains when something is burned.
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1. Informal terms for a meal.
2. Soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired.
3. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
4. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
5. (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship.
6. The eleventh month of the civil year.
7. A nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens.
8. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
9. French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism.
10. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
11. The fifth day of the week.
12. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
13. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
14. Being one more than twelve.
15. The closing section of a musical composition.
21. (British informal) Exhausted or worn out.
23. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
25. A town in central Belgium.
28. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
31. Coins collectively.
33. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
35. Not varying.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. Having no known beginning and presumably no end.
40. Type genus of Agaricaceae.
41. A gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence).
44. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
45. An informal term for a father.
46. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
47. A genus of Lamnidae.
50. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
51. Informal terms for a mother.
52. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
56. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
61. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
63. In opposition to (a policy or attitude etc.).
65. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
66. (Greek mythology) Founder of Troy.
71. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
72. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
73. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
75. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
76. Absent without permission.
77. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
79. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
80. Living in or characteristic of farming or country life.
81. Sour or bitter in taste.
83. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
84. A compact mass.
85. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
86. Fallow deer.
87. Type genus of the Anatidae.
88. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
91. An associate degree in applied science.
92. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
93. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
95. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
97. Before noon.
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