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1. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform.
5. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
9. A town in north central Oklahoma.
13. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
16. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
17. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
18. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
19. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
20. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
21. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
22. A genus of Mustelidae.
23. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
24. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
26. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
29. A leisurely walk (usually in some public place).
31. A characteristic sound.
32. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
33. Summer cypress.
36. Animal food for browsing or grazing.
38. Squash bugs.
41. Tested and proved useful or correct.
45. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
46. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.
49. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
55. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
58. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
59. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
60. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
61. A ceremonial dinner party for many people.
63. State in northeastern India.
64. A state in New England.
65. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
66. Sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds.
68. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
69. Marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas.
72. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
74. Half the width of an em.
75. A resource.
77. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
80. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
87. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
89. Relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing.
90. A strong emotion.
91. Relatively low in price or charging low prices.
92. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
94. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
95. The month following March and preceding May.
96. Having the characteristics of pitch or tar.
97. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
98. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
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1. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
3. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
4. The dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food.
5. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
6. Of or relating to alga.
7. Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers.
8. The 4th planet from the sun.
9. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
10. (heraldry) Applied to a fish depicted horizontally.
11. Pour water on.
12. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
13. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
14. A loop in a rope.
15. Escape, either physically or mentally.
25. Type genus of the Amiidae.
27. Of or relating to or involving an area.
28. Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. An organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live.
35. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
37. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
39. Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.
40. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
42. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
43. Strive to equal or match, especially by imitating.
44. The police sergeant on duty in a police station.
47. A force that moves something along.
48. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
51. Extinct small freshwater jawless fish usually having a heterocercal tail and an armored head.
53. An oil port in southern Iraq.
54. A human female who does housework.
56. A very light brown.
57. A crime syndicate in the United States.
62. Brought from wildness into a domesticated state.
64. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
67. A studio especially for an artist or designer.
68. Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers.
70. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
71. A doctor's degree in optometry.
73. Sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere v 1.
74. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
76. Having a taste like that of grapes.
78. Characteristic of a fluid.
79. A Muslim council of state.
81. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
82. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
83. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
84. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
85. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
86. Taken or to be taken at random.
88. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
93. Unknown god.
94. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
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