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1. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
4. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
9. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
13. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
16. The month following March and preceding May.
17. A glancing rebound.
18. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
19. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
20. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
22. (Mexican) Corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed.
24. The superior of a group of nuns.
26. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
27. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
29. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
30. An awkward stupid person.
33. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu.
35. Sacred text of Zoroastrianism.
38. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
39. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
43. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
44. South American caracara.
48. Willing to face danger.
49. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
51. A piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornaments.
52. (music) A notation written at the beginning or end of a passage that is to be repeated.
53. Of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado n 1.
55. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
56. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal.
57. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
58. A Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed people of northern Siberia.
62. The residue that remains when something is burned.
63. A diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization.
64. The eighth month of the civil year.
65. Loss of the ability to swallow.
68. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
69. Reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received.
70. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
71. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
72. An associate degree in nursing.
74. (Christianity) Holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine.
76. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
82. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
83. Either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush.
86. A mite of the genus Acarus.
90. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
92. Directed with intense concentration.
93. A decree that prohibits something.
94. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
95. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
97. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
98. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
99. Of or relating to or characteristic of Benin or its people.
100. Any of various small biting flies.
101. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
102. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. (informal) Exceptionally good.
4. Being nine more than ninety.
5. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
6. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
7. Small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plants.
8. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
9. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
10. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
11. The cry made by sheep.
12. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
13. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
14. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
15. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
21. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
23. A body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral.
25. United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990).
28. An abnormal loss of strength.
31. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
32. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. Any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers.
37. Lend dignity or honor to.
40. Disparaging terms for the common people.
41. Suffering from a partial loss of memory.
42. Eating earth or clay or chalk.
45. Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus.
46. Pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies).
47. The leg from the knee to foot.
50. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
54. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
59. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
60. Treasure of unknown ownership found hidden (usually in the earth).
61. A human female who does housework.
66. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
67. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
72. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
73. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
75. (Greek mythology) Any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus.
77. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
78. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
79. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
80. Someone whose business is advertising.
81. The longest river of Asia.
84. A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.
85. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
86. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
87. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
88. Beyond what is natural.
89. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
91. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
96. An associate degree in nursing.
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