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1. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
4. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
8. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
12. A metal frame or container holding cartridges.
16. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
17. World's longest river (4187 miles).
18. A three-tone Chadic language.
19. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
22. One of the common people.
23. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
24. Famous chief of the Ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British (1715-1769).
27. A fellow member of a team.
29. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
32. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
33. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
36. Any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent.
38. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
42. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
43. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
44. A historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain.
46. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
50. Type genus of the Phocidae.
51. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
53. Having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation.
56. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
57. A loud harsh or strident noise.
59. Big-eyed scad.
61. Someone who cuts and delivers ice.
63. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
64. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
65. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
66. An associate degree in nursing.
71. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
72. Greek mythology.
74. Informal terms for a mother.
75. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
77. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
78. A proud stiff pompous gait.
82. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
85. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
87. Weapons using atomic energy.
88. A leather strap used to sharpen razors.
89. A genus of Ploceidae.
91. A genus of Sparidae.
93. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
94. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
95. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
97. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
99. The sign language used in the United States.
100. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
101. Lower in esteem.
102. A portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs).
103. French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815).
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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
3. The mother of your father or mother.
4. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
5. Annual sunflower grown for silage and for its seeds which are a source of oil.
6. Raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit.
7. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
8. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
9. Endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys.
10. Any system of principles or beliefs.
11. Of or pertaining to Sabah or its people.
12. A prehistoric megalith typically having two upright stones and a capstone.
13. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
14. In or of the present month.
15. A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic.
25. Of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb.
26. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
28. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
30. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
31. Spin or twist together so as to form a cord.
34. An ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean.
35. A river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico.
37. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
39. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
40. A department of Greece in the central Peloponnese.
41. (superlative of `near' or `nigh') Most near.
45. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania.
49. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
52. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
54. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
55. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
58. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
60. A member of the Caddo people formerly living between Kansas and central Texas.
62. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
67. The dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear.
68. The dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food.
69. A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo).
70. A master's degree in library science.
73. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce).
76. A native of ancient Troy.
79. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
80. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
81. Become ground down or deteriorate.
83. Sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).
84. In a competent capable manner.
86. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
90. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
91. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.
92. (British) Your grandmother.
96. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
97. A tight-fitting headdress.
98. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
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