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1. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
4. A major god.
8. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
12. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
16. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
17. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
18. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
19. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
20. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
21. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
22. A large number or amount.
23. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
24. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
26. Any plant of the genus Erica.
28. A group of southern Bantu languages.
29. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
30. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
32. Genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs.
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
37. Ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse.
42. A doctor's degree in religion.
43. The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside.
47. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
51. English Cavalier poet whose lyric poetry was favored by Charles I (1595-1639).
52. A state in the western United States.
54. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
56. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
57. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people.
58. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
61. (prefix) Reverse of or absence of.
62. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
63. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
66. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
69. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
70. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
73. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
75. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
77. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
79. A commercial city in northern Japan on western Hokkaido.
83. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
87. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
88. A sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption.
91. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
93. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
94. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
97. A state of southwestern India.
98. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
99. Any system of principles or beliefs.
100. Advanced in years.
101. Late time of life.
102. Not out.
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1. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
2. The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand.
3. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
4. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
5. The lowest brass wind instrument.
6. A human limb.
7. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
8. King of the Huns.
9. Continue with one's activities.
10. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
11. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
12. A river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River.
13. Small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia Tibet and Mongolia.
14. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.
15. A curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
27. Done or occurring in a brief period of time.
31. Half the width of an em.
35. The probability of a specified outcome.
36. Make oneself subject to.
38. Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe.
39. A city in southwestern Spain.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
44. The father of your father or mother.
45. Student and mistress and wife of Abelard (circa 1098-1164).
46. Being two identical.
48. Uttering in an irritated tone.
49. An informal term for a father.
50. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
53. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
55. A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea.
59. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
60. A unit of pressure.
64. Causing alarm or fear.
65. A severe or trying experience.
67. Completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose.
68. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
71. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
72. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
76. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
77. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
78. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
80. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
81. An informal term for a father.
82. A person forced to flee from home or country.
84. A feeling of intense anger.
85. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
86. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
89. A boy or man.
90. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
91. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
92. A doctor's degree in education.
95. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
96. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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