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1. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
4. A persistently annoying person.
8. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
12. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
16. Enlarged prostate.
17. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
18. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
19. English monk and scholar (672-735).
20. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
22. Having no arms.
24. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
25. Not agitated.
26. A quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone.
28. African mahogany trees.
30. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
31. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
33. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
34. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
36. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943).
39. A large number or amount.
42. Wood of a sumac.
45. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
46. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
47. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
48. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.
50. Of the nature of or undergoing an experiment.
53. Eaten as mush or as a thin gruel.
55. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
56. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
58. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
61. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
62. A strong emotion.
63. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
64. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
65. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
66. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
68. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
70. Being one more than fifty.
71. A Loloish language.
73. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
74. Being nine more than ninety.
76. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
79. A severe or trying experience.
82. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
83. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
84. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
88. 10 grams.
90. A doctor's degree in musical arts.
93. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
94. Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange.
96. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
98. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
99. (Greek mythology) The Muse of history.
100. (nontechnical usage) A tiny piece of anything.
101. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
102. (informal) Roused to anger.
103. A large oven for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks.
104. Common Indian weaverbird.
105. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
106. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
2. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
3. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
4. Kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. An ancient Greek city famous for military prowess.
7. Informal terms for clothing.
8. Music performed for dancing the polka.
9. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
10. An oil port in southern Iraq.
11. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
12. (psychology) An urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object.
13. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
14. A European river.
15. Informal terms for a mother.
21. An almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum.
23. The way in which someone or something is composed.
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
29. An associate degree in applied science.
32. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
35. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
37. Loud confused noise from many sources.
38. Relating to human society and its members.
40. Inflammation of the nose and throat with increased production of mucus.
41. Absence of the pupil in an eye.
43. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
44. (anatomy) Of or relating to or near a rib.
49. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
51. A fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education).
52. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
54. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
57. Covered with paving material.
59. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
60. Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales.
67. Long iron with a nearly vertical face.
68. Kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts.
69. Excessive desire to eat.
72. Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church.
73. A European river.
75. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
77. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
78. Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit.
80. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
81. An implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end.
85. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
86. Slow to learn or understand.
87. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
89. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
91. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
92. An informal term for a father.
95. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
97. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
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