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1. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
4. Savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables.
9. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
13. A master's degree in business.
16. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
17. The part of the leg between the hip and the knee.
18. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
19. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
20. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
21. Genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns.
23. A Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols.
25. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
27. Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect.
29. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
30. Resembling or pertaining to a bulldog.
32. Extremely robust.
33. A cadenced trot executed by the horse in one spot.
35. One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs.
38. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
42. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
43. A tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles.
46. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
47. The beginning or early stages.
50. Earlier a god.
51. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together.
52. A state of inactivity (in business or art etc).
53. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
55. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
56. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
57. An ornamental plant suitable for planting in a flowerbed.
60. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).
61. Offering fun and gaiety.
63. Be inherent in something.
64. American Revolutionary patriot.
66. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
67. Dilatation or distension of a hollow organ.
68. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
69. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
72. The formation of frost or ice on a surface.
77. The act of scanning.
80. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
83. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
87. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
90. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
91. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
93. Any loose flowing garment.
95. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
96. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
97. Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion.
98. Belonging to some prior time.
99. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
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1. A major god.
2. Encountered generally especially at the present time.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
5. Having a hard shell or shell-like covering.
6. Thrown together in a pile.
7. An Eskimo hut.
8. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (24,780 feet high).
9. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
10. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
11. A proposition deducible from basic postulates.
12. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
13. Type genus of the Majidae.
14. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
15. A Loloish language.
22. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
24. Completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose.
26. Abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas.
28. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
31. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
34. Bring something new to an environment.
36. Any orchid of the genus Aerides.
37. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
39. An airplane that can land on or take off from water.
40. A Shinto god of war.
41. A state in south central United States.
44. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
45. Agreement with a statement or proposal to do something.
48. A downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles.
49. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
54. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
58. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
59. An aromatic exudate from the mastic tree.
62. A complex inorganic compound that contains ammonia molecules.
65. Any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads.
70. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
71. An associate degree in nursing.
73. An island republic on Nauru Island.
74. Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity.
75. Military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces.
76. A negatively charged atom.
78. 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.
79. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
81. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
82. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
84. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
85. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
86. A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion.
88. A city in northwestern Iran.
89. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
92. An informal term for a father.
94. 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.
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