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1. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
4. Wood of a sumac.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
13. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
16. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
17. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
18. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
19. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
20. God of dawn and light.
22. (of games) Engaged in.
24. Extremely pleasing.
25. An ancient city in southeastern Greece.
26. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
28. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
34. (Old Testament) A son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel.
36. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
39. Congenital absence of an arm or leg.
43. State in northeastern India.
45. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
47. A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Paxil).
51. Ancient Athenian philosopher.
52. A rich black loam of India.
56. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
58. Informal terms for money.
59. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
60. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
62. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
63. A fraudulent business scheme.
65. Any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent.
68. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
69. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
71. Type genus of the family Mustelidae.
73. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
76. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
77. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
79. A commerical airliner with two aisles.
85. Fallow deer.
88. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
89. Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC).
91. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
92. Having the slant of a bevel.
93. Any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries.
95. The basic unit of money in Iran.
96. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
97. Guiding star.
98. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
2. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
3. Type genus of the Triglidae.
4. Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.
5. Fiddler crabs.
6. English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812).
7. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
8. An oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments.
9. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
10. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
11. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
12. Spread or daub over.
13. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
14. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
15. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
21. A single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk).
23. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
27. A genetic disorder of metabolism.
29. United States comedian.
31. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
32. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
33. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
35. A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia).
37. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
38. Low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base.
40. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
41. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
42. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
44. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
46. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
48. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
49. A city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making sherry.
50. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
53. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
54. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
55. Affect with wonder.
57. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
61. French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of romanticism (1866-1925).
64. Freedom from vanity or conceit.
65. Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.
66. Of or relating to or characteristic of a czar.
67. A large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression.
68. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
70. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
72. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
74. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
75. A council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business.
78. A crime syndicate in the United States.
79. Before noon.
80. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
81. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
82. 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.
83. Type genus of the Anatidae.
84. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
86. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
87. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
90. Water frozen in the solid state.
94. A state in midwestern United States.
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