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1. Wearing footgear.
5. The act of scanning.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. One thousand grams.
17. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
18. The state of being decayed or destroyed.
19. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
20. An Eskimo hut.
22. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
24. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
25. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
26. Basic principles of the cosmos.
28. Goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis.
30. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
31. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
32. Similar to the color of jade.
33. Marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ.
35. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
39. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
40. A downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles.
43. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
47. A state in the eastern United States.
48. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
50. A primeval personification of air and breath.
52. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).
54. Any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain.
55. On the left-hand side of a vessel or aircraft when facing forward.
56. The square of a body of any size of type.
60. A region of southern Italy (forming the toe of the Italian `boot').
62. Flat tableland with steep edges.
64. A cgs unit of work or energy.
65. The thick short innermost digit of the forelimb.
66. Before noon.
68. (Greek mythology) A river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon.
70. A plant fiber used for making rope.
71. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
74. An informal term for a father.
75. Advanced in years.
76. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
77. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
79. Moderate or restrain.
84. Make less visible or unclear.
88. Set down according to a plan.
90. A state in northwestern North America.
91. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
92. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
96. The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
97. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
98. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
99. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
100. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. One of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects.
2. Greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount.
3. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
4. A jamb for a door.
5. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
6. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
7. By bad luck.
8. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
9. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
10. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
11. Step on it.
12. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
13. Of or relating to a creed.
14. A Loloish language.
15. The content of cognition.
21. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
23. More aromatic and acidic than oranges.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. Excessive size.
31. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
34. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
36. The lean flesh of a saltwater fish found it warm waters (especially Hawaii).
37. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
38. Elder brother of Krishna.
41. To exhaust by excessive cultivation, of land.
42. Italian painter and engraver noted for his frescoes (1431-1506).
44. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
45. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
46. Of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings.
49. Unknown god.
51. Prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens.
53. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
57. Harmed or injured or spoiled.
58. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
59. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
61. Aa slavonic language spoken in rural area of southeastern Germany.
63. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
67. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
69. Jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds.
70. Of or relating to a creed.
72. A small cake leavened with yeast.
73. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
80. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
81. 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.
82. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
83. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
85. Fail to do something.
86. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
87. Offering fun and gaiety.
89. A master's degree in business.
93. An associate degree in nursing.
94. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
95. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
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