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1. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
9. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
17. Spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods.
18. Largest known toad species.
19. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
20. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
22. United States writer (1870-1902).
24. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
25. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
26. A state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune.
29. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
30. Precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals.
31. Freed from illness or injury.
33. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
35. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
37. Large scissors with strong blades.
40. A dialect of Tocharian.
45. American Revolutionary patriot.
47. Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
48. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
49. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
51. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
54. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
55. Lower in esteem.
57. (of winds) Coming from the sea toward the land.
58. A state in the western United States.
60. Of or evidencing buboes.
62. A master's degree in education.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
65. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
67. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
70. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
71. Club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron.
73. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
75. The visual property of something that shines with reflected light.
78. On or toward the lee.
80. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
84. Famous chief of the Ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British (1715-1769).
86. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
89. A genus of Mustelidae.
90. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
91. United States neoclassical architect (1847-1909).
94. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
96. Being two more than fifty.
97. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
98. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
99. Originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites).
100. Fiddler crabs.
101. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
102. Evergreen shrubs of north temperate regions.
103. A French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750).
104. (informal) Roused to anger.
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1. One of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament.
2. A populous province in northeastern China.
3. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
4. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
5. The region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean.
6. An inflammatory swelling or sore.
7. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
8. A tributary of the Ohio River in West Virginia.
9. Pertaining to Parthia or its people or language or culture.
10. Be in accord.
11. Medieval body armor that covers the chest and back.
12. An associate degree in applied science.
13. A large fleet.
14. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
15. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
21. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
23. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
27. A chronic drinker.
28. A plaything that is ridden up and down by children at either end.
32. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
34. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
36. Of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions.
38. A used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads.
39. Wrap in swaddling clothes.
41. Either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
42. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
43. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
46. Makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes.
50. (Bible) The archangel who was the messenger of God.
52. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
53. A town in southwestern Idaho.
56. A party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house).
59. Heart and liver and other edible viscera especially of hogs.
61. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
66. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
68. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
69. (British informal) Exhausted or worn out.
70. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
72. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
74. (trademark) An antacid.
75. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
76. Notable English cricketer (1882-1963).
77. Order by virtue of superior authority.
79. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
81. (anatomy) A depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ.
82. Any plant of the genus Erica.
83. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
85. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
86. Not out.
87. Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856).
88. English essayist (1775-1834).
92. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
93. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
95. Used of a single unit or thing.
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