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1. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
4. When two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot the results is called `craps' or `snake eyes'.
9. Make amends for.
13. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
16. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
17. A city in north central Nigeria.
18. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
19. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
20. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
21. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
22. A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
23. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
24. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
26. 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.
29. A fraudulent business scheme.
33. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
37. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
45. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
48. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
50. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
51. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
52. A baton used by a magician or water diviner.
53. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
55. A tight cluster of people or things.
57. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
58. Jordan's port.
62. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
64. A woman of refinement.
66. A hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats.
68. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
70. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
72. A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city.
73. A small cake leavened with yeast.
75. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight.
77. Relating to or characteristic of Shintoism.
81. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
83. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
87. Large Indian antelope.
89. A loose shirt or tunic.
91. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
92. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
93. Remove from memory or existence.
95. A town in north central Oklahoma.
96. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
97. (Roman Catholic) A greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist.
98. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
99. (informal) Someone whose style is out of fashion.
100. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. A large number or amount.
2. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
3. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
4. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
5. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
6. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
7. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
8. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
10. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
11. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
12. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
13. A large fleet.
14. God of wealth and love.
15. An atom having a valence of one.
25. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
27. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
28. A burst of deep loud hearty laughter.
30. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
31. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
32. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
34. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
35. Someone employed to clean and maintain a building.
36. An associate degree in nursing.
38. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
39. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
40. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
41. Genus of tropical Old World trees.
42. A member of a North American Indian people of the Klamath river valley in northern California.
43. A Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon.
44. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis.
46. A bachelor's degree in science.
47. A seaport in northwestern Italy.
49. Someone who guards prisoners.
54. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
56. Meeting adequate standards for a purpose.
59. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
60. The removal of covering.
61. Divulge information or secrets.
63. Wearing footgear.
65. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
67. Tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head.
68. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
69. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
71. Covered with beads or jewels or sequins.
74. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
76. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
78. Type genus of the Hylidae.
79. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
80. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
82. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
84. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
85. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
86. A city in northern India.
88. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
90. The capital and largest city of Japan.
94. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
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