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1. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
4. Entice to do.
9. The highest level or degree attainable.
13. A master's degree in business.
16. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
17. Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares.
18. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
19. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
20. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
21. A leather strap used to sharpen razors.
22. Austrian chemist who did research on carotenoids and vitamins (1900-1967).
23. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
24. By bad luck.
26. Type genus of the Schizaeaceae cosmopolitan especially in tropics.
29. Something that remunerates.
31. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
32. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
34. Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles.
38. A naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905).
42. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
46. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
47. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
48. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
49. A variety of mandarin orange.
53. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
55. Poisonous herbs.
57. Black tropical American cuckoo.
58. A state in northwestern North America.
59. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
61. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
62. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
64. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
66. Half the width of an em.
67. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
70. Be going to.
71. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
73. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
75. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
76. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
79. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
80. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
83. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
85. Female equine animal.
89. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
90. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
93. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
95. Estrangement from god.
96. One of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split.
97. A small cake leavened with yeast.
99. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
100. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
101. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
102. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
103. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
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1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. A city in northern India.
4. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
5. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
6. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
7. Command against.
8. Moderately warm.
9. (used especially of glances) Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy.
10. A slight indication.
11. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
12. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
13. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
14. English monk and scholar (672-735).
15. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
25. A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea.
27. (Sumerian) Evil storm god represented as a black bird.
28. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
35. Having the same sound (especially vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables.
36. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an analgesic and antipyretic.
37. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
39. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
40. A small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing.
41. Make by putting pieces together.
43. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
44. The act of escaping physically.
45. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
50. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
52. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
54. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
56. Remaining after all deductions.
60. Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers.
63. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
65. Grayish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
68. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
69. A Russian river.
72. Border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug).
74. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
77. The third canonical hour.
78. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
81. English essayist (1775-1834).
82. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
84. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
86. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
87. Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions.
88. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
91. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
92. Meeting adequate standards for a purpose.
94. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
98. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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