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1. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
4. A V-shaped indentation.
9. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
13. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
16. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. The back side of the neck.
18. An agenda of things to do.
19. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
20. A sultanate in northwestern Borneo.
22. The Latin name for England.
25. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
26. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
28. Expected hopefully.
30. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
33. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
34. Aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver.
36. A member of a Muslim Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan).
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
46. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
47. A peninsula in southwestern Europe.
50. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
51. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu.
55. (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld in ancient mythology.
58. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
59. make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow.
60. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
62. An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar.
64. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
68. Rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940).
69. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
72. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
74. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
75. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
76. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
77. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
80. Widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head.
82. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
85. A bachelor's degree in religion.
87. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
88. Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments.
92. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
94. Migratory American songbird.
96. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
97. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
98. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
99. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
101. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
102. By bad luck.
103. Produced by a manufacturing process.
104. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
105. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
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1. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
2. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
3. Sharpness of vision.
4. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
5. A board with the alphabet on it.
6. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
7. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
8. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
9. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
10. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
11. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
12. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
13. Any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones.
14. A soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment).
15. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
21. A genus of Accipitridae.
23. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
24. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
27. Before noon.
29. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
31. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
32. The god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami.
35. The craniometric point at the lowest point on the lower edge of the orbit.
37. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
38. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
40. Russian Bolshevik leader who advocated gradual collectivism of the farms.
41. (Welsh) Goddess famous for her beauty.
43. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
44. A master's degree in library science.
45. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning).
49. Not out.
52. God of the earth.
53. A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.
54. The capital of Eritrea.
56. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
57. A motley assortment of things.
61. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
63. The residue that remains when something is burned.
65. Someone who has won first place in a competition.
66. Food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific.
67. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
70. Greek god of light.
71. Type genus of the Sciaenidae.
72. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
73. Genus of tropical trees.
74. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
78. Chipmunks of eastern North America.
79. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
81. A thrumming sound.
83. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
84. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
86. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
89. Toward the mouth or oral region.
90. A large quantity of written matter.
91. A unit of length equal to 3 feet.
93. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
95. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
100. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
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