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1. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
4. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
9. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
13. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. Jordan's port.
18. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
19. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
20. Insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers.
22. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
24. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
25. An intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs.
27. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
29. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
30. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
34. Not in action or at work.
36. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
37. Extremely pleasing.
40. A radioactive transuranic element.
41. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. Jordan's port.
49. Plants having flowers in umbels.
52. (anatomy) A fold or wrinkle or crease.
56. Belonging to some prior time.
57. The vein in the center of a leaf.
58. With mature or developed appearance.
59. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
60. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
62. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
64. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
66. Before noon.
67. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
69. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
73. Chief port of Yemen.
74. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
77. A crime syndicate in the United States.
79. 10 grams.
81. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
82. In equal amounts or shares.
84. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
88. Someone who wastes time.
91. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
93. The month following February and preceding April.
94. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
95. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
97. A city in northern India.
98. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
99. A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock.
100. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
101. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
102. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
103. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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1. United States designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978).
2. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
3. A white powder with a pleasant taste and odor.
4. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
5. Similar or related in quality or character.
6. Type genus of the Canidae.
7. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
8. An associate degree in applied science.
9. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
10. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
11. By bad luck.
12. A light touch or stroke.
13. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
14. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
15. Constituting an imitation.
21. A primeval personification of air and breath.
23. A telegram sent abroad.
26. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
28. A constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the French Riviera.
31. Any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. An implement used to erase something.
38. A constellation in the Milky Way near Cygnus.
39. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
42. Remove body hair.
44. A coarse lace.
45. Consisting of or made of wood of the beech tree.
47. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
48. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
50. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
51. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
53. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
54. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
55. Turning upside down.
61. Shaped or worked with a hammer and often showing hammer marks.
63. God of wealth and love.
65. The cry made by sheep.
68. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
70. Heal or recover.
71. Regional and archaic.
72. A large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas.
75. Fill with high spirits.
76. Time during which some action is awaited.
78. The eleventh month of the civil year.
80. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
83. A sharply directional antenna.
85. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
86. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
87. Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.
89. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
90. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
92. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
96. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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