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1. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
4. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
8. A bachelor's degree in library science.
12. Dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut.
16. The virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
17. Stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding.
18. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
19. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
20. How long something has existed.
21. Slightly open.
22. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
23. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
24. A heavy gray-white metallic element.
27. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
29. Oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias.
32. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
34. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
36. Of or relating to or containing barium.
39. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
40. King of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839).
43. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. Type genus of the Amiidae.
47. Cut the head of.
50. A married male American Indian.
52. Of or denoting or relating to the Balkan countries or their inhabitants or the Balkan peninsula or the Balkan Mountains.
55. Wife of Ramachandra.
56. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
58. City in Sudan.
59. Fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers.
60. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
63. Foot pain.
65. A violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family.
67. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
70. Someone who eats no animal products at all.
71. (British) A car that is even smaller than a subcompact car.
74. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
77. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
78. Free from risk or danger.
79. Wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India.
82. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
86. A tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels.
88. A short synopsis.
90. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
91. One thousandth of a second.
92. Speaking a Slavic language.
94. The act of scanning.
95. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
96. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
97. English monk and scholar (672-735).
98. A neutral middle vowel.
99. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
100. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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1. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
2. (computer science) A rule stating that the quality of the output is a function of the quality of the input.
3. Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience.
4. Basic principles of the cosmos.
5. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
6. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
7. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
8. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
9. Divulge information or secrets.
10. Being six more than fifty.
11. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
12. God of dawn and light.
13. A state of commotion and loud confused noise.
14. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
15. A Russian river.
25. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
26. A group of Penutian languages spoken to the west of the Sacramento river.
28. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
30. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. An adherent of Lamaism (Tibetan Buddhism).
35. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
37. Of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen.
38. A place where taxis park while awaiting customers.
41. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
42. Have confidence or faith in.
46. (prefix) Between or among or in the midst of.
48. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
49. Goddess of the heavens and married love.
51. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
53. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
54. Declared but not proved.
57. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
61. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
62. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
64. The birds of a particular region or period.
66. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
67. Basic principles of the cosmos.
68. Rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey.
69. German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp.
72. A bachelor's degree in architecture.
73. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
75. A province in north-central China.
76. (trademark) A German semiautomatic pistol.
80. The general activity of selling.
81. English pianist (1890-1965).
83. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
84. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
85. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
87. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
89. The sound made by corvine birds.
93. A public promotion of some product or service.
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