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1. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
4. United States neoclassical architect (1847-1909).
9. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
13. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
16. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
17. French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different races of people.
18. A farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing.
19. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
20. 1 species.
22. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (27,890 feet high).
23. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
24. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
25. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
27. Of or relating to or characteristic of the island of Tahiti or its residents of their language and culture.
29. Rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning.
32. Widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers.
33. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
35. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
37. As soon as.
38. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
44. Not out.
45. 1 species.
48. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
50. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
51. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
53. One of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis.
54. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
55. Having or denoting a high range.
57. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
58. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
59. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
60. A diuretic (trade name Osmitrol) used to promote the excretion of urine.
63. A town in north central Oklahoma.
65. The site of three famous battles among Greek city-states.
68. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
71. (aeronautical) Pertaining to the tail section of a plane.
72. Strongly attracted.
74. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
76. A siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction.
78. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
79. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
81. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
84. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
88. Type genus of the Ranidae.
89. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
92. An informal term for a father.
93. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
94. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
95. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
97. Type genus of the Majidae.
99. A periodic paperback publication.
100. Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth.
101. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
102. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
103. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. Norse chieftan who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931).
2. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
3. Of or relating to or characteristic of Monaco or its people.
4. A master's degree in business.
5. Any system of principles or beliefs.
6. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
7. Being nine more than ninety.
8. Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches.
9. A point located with respect to surface features of some region.
10. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
11. Large hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry.
12. (used of an anchor) Hanging clear of the bottom.
13. Archaic terms for army.
14. An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance.
15. Small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward.
21. A member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr peninsula in Siberia.
26. Small cold-water silvery fish.
28. Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.
30. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
31. Tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack.
34. Of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings.
36. French writer (born in Belgium) best known for his detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (1903-1989).
39. Any seed plant yielding balsam.
40. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
41. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style (tight bodice and narrow waist and flowing pleated skirt) that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
42. Composed of animal fat.
43. Drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection.
46. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
47. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
49. A genus of bee.
52. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
56. Of or relating to punishment.
61. A great raja.
62. Male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon.
64. Tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia.
65. A master's degree in business.
66. A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.
67. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
70. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
73. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
75. (of something seen or heard) Clearly defined.
77. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
78. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
80. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
82. Fallow deer.
83. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
84. Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail.
85. Slightly wet.
86. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
87. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
90. The month following February and preceding April.
91. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
96. A state in northwestern North America.
98. Before noon.
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