1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. (medicine) A grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus.
9. (of champagne) Extremely dry.
13. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
16. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
17. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
18. A narrow way or road.
19. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
20. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
21. A member of a North American Indian people of southeastern California and northwestern Mexico.
22. At or constituting a border or edge.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
26. Armor plate that protects legs below the knee.
28. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
29. Ninth month of the Revolutionary calendar (May and June).
31. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
32. Flat and uninspiring.
36. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
37. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
41. Type genus of the Caviidae.
43. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement.
47. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
48. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
50. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
51. A fraudulent business scheme.
52. Frivolous banter.
55. A Russian river.
56. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
58. A central point or locus of an infection in an organism.
59. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
60. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
62. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
64. A plant hormone that promotes root formation and bud growth.
65. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
66. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
67. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Acular and Toradol) that is administered only intramuscularly.
69. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
70. An associate degree in applied science.
73. The basic unit of money in Saudi Arabia.
75. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
77. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
79. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
81. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
83. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
86. An organism that can utter vocal sounds.
90. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
93. A long brightly colored shawl.
95. The quality of being honest.
97. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
98. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
99. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
101. World's longest river (4187 miles).
102. A light touch or stroke.
103. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
104. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
105. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
106. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

1. Remove gas from.
2. Squash bugs.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
5. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
6. A simple type of jet engine.
7. Type genus of the Amiidae.
8. Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces.
9. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
10. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
11. Of or relating to a nail or claw or hoof.
12. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
13. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
14. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
15. Of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color n 1.
25. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
27. A severe or trying experience.
30. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
33. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
34. A fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers.
35. The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall).
38. A genus of Psittacidae.
39. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
40. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
42. Present reasons and arguments.
44. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
45. A bag filled with sand.
46. Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand.
49. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
53. A machine or person that adds.
54. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
57. Tropical Asian starlings.
61. An unwholesome atmosphere.
63. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
68. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
71. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
72. Of an incalculable amount.
74. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
76. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
78. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
80. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
82. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
83. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
84. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
85. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
87. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
88. Tear or be torn violently.
89. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
91. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
92. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
94. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
96. An affirmative.
100. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.