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1. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
5. Chief port of Yemen.
9. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. Inquire about.
16. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
17. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
18. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
19. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
22. A member of the Dravidian people living in southern India.
24. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
25. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
26. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu.
29. A gum resin from the conium hemlock tree.
31. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
32. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
33. Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992).
38. Bite or chew on with the teeth.
42. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
45. (of a liquid) Treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification.
48. A representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus.
49. Squash bugs.
51. Jerboa rats.
53. A unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere.
54. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
55. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
56. Widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers.
57. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
59. Consisting of or covered with oil.
61. A database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics).
62. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
63. Free from fear or doubt.
65. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
66. A small byte.
68. Serving as an essential component.
69. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
71. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
72. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
82. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
84. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Sarcoscyphaceae.
87. A worker who oils engines or machinery.
88. The month following March and preceding May.
91. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
93. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
94. A branch of the Tai languages.
95. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
96. Denuded of leaves.
97. A primeval personification of air and breath.
98. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
99. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
100. Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange.
101. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. Wood of a sumac.
2. A cigar made with light-colored tobacco.
3. American filmmaker and comic actor (1935- ).
4. Characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit.
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
6. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
7. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
8. (Assyrian) God of fire and light.
9. A small constellation near the South Pole between Tucana and Ara.
10. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
11. A bottle with a stopper.
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. God of love and erotic desire.
21. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
23. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
27. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
28. (electronics) Of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits.
30. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
34. A game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court.
35. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
36. Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment.
37. A long wandering and eventful journey.
39. A stone tool from the Neolithic Age.
40. An abnormal condition in which a normal opening or tube in the body (as the urethra) is closed or absent.
41. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.
43. A lack of vitality.
44. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
46. Aroused to impatience or anger.
47. Of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times.
50. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
52. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
58. Go on board.
60. The warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb.
64. (music) A notation written at the beginning or end of a passage that is to be repeated.
67. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
70. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
73. Of or relating to a dialect of Sotho or the Bantu people who speak it.
74. A decree that prohibits something.
75. A state in midwestern United States.
76. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
77. The eighth month of the civil year.
78. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy.
79. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
80. The brightest star in Cygnus.
81. A particular environment or walk of life.
83. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
84. Half the width of an em.
85. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
86. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
89. Outer space as viewed from the earth.
90. Step on it.
92. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
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