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1. An informal term for a father.
5. Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and to have pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441).
9. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca.
13. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
16. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
17. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
18. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
19. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
20. Erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds.
21. A member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec.
23. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
24. An endorsement.
25. Of or relating to the Rhine River and the lands adjacent to it.
27. A Russian river.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. Surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ.
32. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
34. An account describing incidents or events.
35. (medicine) Having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course.
38. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
42. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
44. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
47. Stain (furniture) black to make it look like ebony.
48. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
50. A tube with a small bowl at one end.
52. Type genus of the Anatidae.
54. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
55. A three-tone Chadic language.
57. A large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug.
59. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
61. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
63. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
64. The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville.
65. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
68. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
71. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
72. Like or containing meat.
74. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
75. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury.
78. Being one more than one.
80. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
83. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
84. A small cake leavened with yeast.
90. The content of cognition.
93. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
95. Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies of cognitive development in children (1896-1980).
97. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
98. Isolated from others.
99. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
101. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
102. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
103. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
104. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
105. (Norse mythology) God of war and strife and son of Odin.
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1. Decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior.
2. Not in a state of sleep.
3. Dislike intensely.
4. (geology) Used of the earliest known rocks.
5. A card game for 2 players.
6. A name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH.
7. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
8. A festival featuring African-American culture.
9. The largest of the four main islands of Japan.
10. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
11. Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of.
12. The craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance).
13. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
14. Common Indian weaverbird.
15. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
22. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. A building where prostitutes are available.
31. A sudden very loud noise.
33. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
36. (India) Flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle.
37. The small projection of a mammary gland.
39. A small or young lion.
40. (Greek mythology) One of the 7 Pleiades.
41. The physical property of something that has lost its elasticity.
43. Able to flex.
45. Not dense.
46. An enclosed yard for keeping poultry.
49. A genus of Scolopacidae.
51. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
53. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
56. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
60. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
62. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
66. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
67. Type genus of the Otariidae.
70. An ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation.
73. A Loloish language.
76. Informal terms for a mother.
77. A device that very useful for a particular job.
79. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
81. The residue that remains when something is burned.
82. God of wealth and love.
85. In bed.
86. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
87. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
88. Type genus of the Ranidae.
89. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
90. In operation or operational.
91. Suggestive of the supernatural.
92. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
94. (informal) Roused to anger.
95. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
96. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
100. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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