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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
5. A fraudulent business scheme.
9. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
13. Be obliged to pay or repay.
16. The act of drawing or hauling something.
17. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
18. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
19. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
20. A French abbot.
21. Chief port of Yemen.
22. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
23. A doctor's degree in education.
24. The cry made by sheep.
27. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
30. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
32. Shockingly repellent.
35. Productive work (especially physical work done for wages).
37. Imprudently incurring risk.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
42. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
44. Tropical evergreen trees or shrubs.
45. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
46. A city in northwestern Turkey.
49. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
50. Jordan's port.
53. Affect with wonder.
55. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
56. A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea.
57. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
59. A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs.
60. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
61. Filled with vapor.
63. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
66. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
67. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
68. A member of a Hindu people descended from Brahmins and Rajputs who live in Nepal.
70. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
71. Being one more than one.
72. (legend) Chalice used by Christ at the last supper.
75. One million periods per second.
77. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
79. Before noon.
80. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
82. American novelist (1909-1955).
84. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
87. (Scotland) A landowner.
90. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
93. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
94. The ending of a series or sequence.
97. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
99. A shape that sags.
100. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
101. (Norse mythology) Giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom.
102. Stem of plants of the Gramineae.
103. The capital and largest city of Japan.
104. The sign language used in the United States.
105. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
106. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
107. 10 grams.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
4. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
5. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
6. The dead body of a human being.
7. In bed.
8. Possessing qualities befitting a man.
9. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
10. Set down according to a plan.
11. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
12. Cattle that are reared for their meat.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
15. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
25. Top part of an apron.
26. The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.
28. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
29. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
31. A loud utterance.
33. A city in southern Peru founded in 1540 on the site of an ancient Inca city.
34. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
36. A tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiety and insomnia and alcohol withdrawal.
38. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
39. Sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat.
40. In a subordinate position.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
48. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
51. Protective covering made of metal and used in combat.
52. Large Indian antelope.
54. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
62. The 18th letter of the Greek alphabet.
64. 10 grams.
65. A motorbike that can be pedaled or driven by a low-powered gasoline engine.
69. Pain in the gums.
70. Possessing qualities befitting a man.
73. Of or relating to or near the nares.
74. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
76. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
78. Feeling mild pleasurable excitement.
81. Any plant of the genus Erica.
82. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
83. The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
85. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
86. A state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness.
88. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
89. A doctor's degree in music.
91. A quantity of no importance.
92. Highly excited.
95. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
96. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
98. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
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