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1. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
4. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
9. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
16. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
17. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
18. Originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites).
19. A period of time spent sleeping.
20. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
22. Having small chinks or crannies (especially in or between rocks or stones).
25. The chief source of beryllium.
27. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
28. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
29. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
30. A city in southeastern South Korea.
33. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
34. Elected Vice President and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886).
37. Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
40. (prefix) Outside or outer.
44. Female equine animal.
45. Of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era).
48. Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656).
49. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
50. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
51. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
53. Stalk of a moss capsule.
54. The 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
56. A genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae.
58. A small piece of cloth.
59. Muslim name for God.
60. (in various religions) The world of the dead.
63. Being one more than six.
64. A reddish brown dye used especially on hair.
65. One or more recordings issued together.
66. (Babylonian) Any of a group of powerful earth spirits or genii.
70. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
71. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
72. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
73. Small toothless anteater with prehensile tale and four-clawed forelimbs.
77. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
78. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
79. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
82. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids.
85. Of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people.
90. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
92. Pearl oysters.
93. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
94. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
96. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
97. The content of cognition.
98. Relating to or affecting the viscera.
99. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. An indistinct shapeless form.
2. Fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used.
3. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
4. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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. Found along western Atlantic coast.
7. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
8. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
9. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
10. Having relatively few calories.
11. A belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic.
12. Half the width of an em.
13. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
14. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
15. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
21. Goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology.
23. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
24. The superior of a group of nuns.
26. The basic unit of money in Romania.
31. A drawing illustrating the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes.
32. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
35. Shrubby lichens of the family Usneaceae having a flattened thallus.
36. Any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower.
38. Of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country.
39. Protect from heat, cold, noise, etc. by surrounding with insulating material.
41. A sweet innocent baby.
42. An acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds.
43. The Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds).
46. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
47. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
52. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
55. Mixed with water.
57. (used to introduce a logical conclusion) From that fact or reason or as a result.
61. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
62. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
67. A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa).
68. A rapid bustling commotion.
69. Of or relating to the kingdom of Kuwait or its people.
70. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
74. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
75. Of or in or relating to the nose.
76. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
80. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
81. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
83. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
84. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
86. A communication system using fiber optic cables.
87. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
88. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
89. A thrusting blow with a knife.
91. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
95. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
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