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1. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
4. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
9. A wine bottle made of leather.
13. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
16. A toilet in England.
17. (Norse mythology) Race of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir.
18. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
19. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
20. A resident of Arizona.
22. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
24. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
25. Two items of the same kind.
27. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. The ending of a series or sequence.
31. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
33. (Roman mythology) Roman god of death.
35. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
36. The universal time coordinated time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body.
38. A United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces.
40. A group of countries in special alliance.
42. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
46. French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different races of people.
49. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
51. That is to say.
52. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
54. An inlaid furniture decoration.
55. Term of address for a man.
56. Freetail bats.
59. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
60. A city in western Germany.
63. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
66. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.
67. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
68. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
69. A portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs).
72. A farewell remark.
73. Found in the ordinary course of events.
77. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
78. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
81. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
84. Extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects.
91. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
93. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
95. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
96. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
97. A fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant.
98. Type genus of the Anatidae.
99. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
100. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
101. Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force, as on a wave.
102. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
103. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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1. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
2. Marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude.
3. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
4. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
5. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
6. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
7. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
8. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
9. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
10. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
11. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
12. A public promotion of some product or service.
13. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
14. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
15. A painful and involuntary muscular contraction.
21. The capital of Croatia.
23. Go away from the surface to which it is adsorbed, of a substance.
26. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
28. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
30. Before noon.
32. Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929).
34. A Russian river.
37. Thick like cream.
39. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
41. An anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus.
43. The third month of the civil year.
44. A case for containing a set of articles.
45. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
47. A genus of Paridae.
48. Type genus of the family Alopiidae.
50. A poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare.
53. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
57. An informal term for a father.
58. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
61. Take or catch as if in a snare or trap.
62. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
64. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
65. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
70. Insanely irresponsible.
71. Tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia.
72. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
74. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
75. Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis.
76. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
79. Being in competition.
80. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
82. A genus of Mustelidae.
83. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
85. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
86. Sewing that repairs a worn or torn place in a garment.
87. Serving as or forming a base.
88. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
89. God of love and erotic desire.
90. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
92. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
94. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
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