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1. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
4. Large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn.
9. Taken or to be taken at random.
13. A master's degree in theology.
16. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
17. Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948).
18. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
19. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
20. United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861).
22. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
23. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
25. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform.
26. A festival featuring African-American culture.
28. A monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system.
30. Any substance that can be used as food.
32. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
35. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
36. The act of using.
39. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
42. A city in northern India.
46. A crosspiece between the legs of a chair.
50. A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix.
51. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
53. A fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind.
54. British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the Empress of India (1804-1881).
56. The act of scanning.
58. A stock exchange in New York.
59. Large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies.
60. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
61. Being nine more than ninety.
63. A human limb.
64. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
65. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
67. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
69. The square of a body of any size of type.
72. Jordan's port.
74. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
76. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
77. 10 grams.
79. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
81. Analgesic drug (trade name Talwin) that is less addictive than morphine.
85. (Phoenician and Philistine) God of agriculture and the earth.
89. Ancient Persian god of light and truth.
91. Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged.
93. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
94. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
95. Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers.
97. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
98. A notable achievement.
99. A master's degree in education.
100. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
101. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
102. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Chief of the Vanir.
2. The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
3. (of something seen or heard) Clearly defined.
4. Being nine more than forty.
5. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
6. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
7. Having branches.
8. Extremely robust.
9. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
10. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. Minor or subordinate.
13. A track or mark left by something that has passed.
14. Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism.
15. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
21. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
24. A hormone secreted by the pancreas.
27. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
29. An enclosed space.
31. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
33. United States composer (born in France) whose music combines dissonance with complex rhythms and the use of electronic techniques (1883-1965).
34. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
37. A republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic.
38. Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955).
40. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
41. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
43. Common gray wild goose of Europe.
44. English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970).
45. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
47. Covered with blood.
48. Of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell.
49. A city of central China.
52. Changed from a solid to a liquid state.
55. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
57. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
62. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
66. The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof.
68. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
69. A track or mark left by something that has passed.
70. Measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation.
71. Traveling on horseback.
73. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
74. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
75. (usually followed by `to') Determined by tragic fate.
78. A public promotion of some product or service.
80. Make reference to.
82. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
83. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
84. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
86. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
87. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
88. A quantity of no importance.
90. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
92. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
96. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
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