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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
5. A thrusting blow with a knife.
9. The template for protein synthesis.
13. A decree that prohibits something.
16. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
17. Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section.
18. Absent without permission.
19. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
20. Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955.
22. (linguistics) Of speech sounds.
24. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
25. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
26. A mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women.
28. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
31. Tolerant or lenient.
34. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
35. (of a liquid) Treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
40. Of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times.
43. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
44. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
45. A doctor who practices veterinary medicine.
47. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
48. (ophthalmology) Impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea.
51. Again but in a new or different way.
55. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity.
56. A winged sandal (as worn by Hermes in Graeco-Roman art).
58. Denuded of leaves.
60. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
61. Omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next).
63. Not reflecting light.
64. Shattered or torn up or torn apart violently as by e.g. wind or lightning or explosive.
67. Out of bed.
71. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
72. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
73. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
75. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
77. God of wealth and love.
80. Of or like a cecum.
83. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
86. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
87. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
89. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
91. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
92. Considerate and solicitous care.
93. A French abbot.
94. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
95. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
96. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
97. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
98. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
99. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. To gain with effort.
4. An island in the Persian Gulf.
5. United States writer best known for his novels (born in 1925).
6. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
7. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
8. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
9. The mansion of the lord of the manor.
10. A landlocked republic in central Africa.
11. Not containing sugar.
12. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
13. Unhappy in love.
14. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
15. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.
21. Of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization.
23. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
27. (British) A conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate.
29. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
30. German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome.
32. Trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae.
33. A family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States.
36. Someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.
37. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
41. Two-year-old sheep.
42. A large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman.
46. Intelligence derived from the interception and processing and analysis of foreign telemetry.
49. An unbroken series of events.
50. A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.
52. Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease.
53. Any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule.
54. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
57. A state in New England.
59. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
62. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
65. A genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers.
66. A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula.
67. Unhappy in love.
68. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
69. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943).
70. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
74. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
76. Of great mass.
77. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
78. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
79. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
80. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
81. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
82. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
83. Having a pleasant taste (as of sugar).
84. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
85. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
88. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
90. The habitation of wild animals.
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