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1. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
4. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
9. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
13. Failing to detonate.
16. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
17. English monk and scholar (672-735).
18. South African term for `boss'.
19. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
20. A narrow way or road.
22. A fan of racing who watches races from the outer rail of the track.
25. The state of owing money.
26. Of or involving or contained in the arteries.
27. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
28. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
30. A region in central Italy.
31. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
33. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
34. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
38. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
39. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
41. The act of drawing or hauling something.
42. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
48. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
49. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
50. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
51. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
52. The fourth or lowest deck.
53. Not in good physical or mental health.
56. Relating to or characteristic of people of Rome.
59. Select as an alternative.
60. Youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali.
62. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
64. A European river.
65. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
68. Type genus of the Gerreidae.
71. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.
72. Act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief.
74. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
78. A city in northwestern Syria.
81. French philosopher who was a leading figure of the Enlightenment in France.
83. A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Lupus and Ara in the Milky Way.
86. English architect (1746-1813).
88. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
89. Using language effectively to please or persuade.
91. The products of human creativity.
92. Of inferior or mixed breed.
94. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
95. A human limb.
96. An affirmative.
97. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
98. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
99. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
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1. With no effort to conceal.
2. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
3. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
4. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
5. Water buffalo of the Philippines.
6. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
7. Make editorial changes (in a text).
8. The 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
9. Belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies.
10. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
11. Deeply eroded barren land.
12. 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.
13. An informal term for a father.
14. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
15. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
21. Of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics.
23. A decorative pin worn by women.
24. Someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals.
29. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
32. An act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification).
35. The part of a missile or torpedo that carries the explosive charge.
36. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
37. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
40. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
43. Rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading.
44. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed.
45. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
46. Given or having a specified name.
47. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
54. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
55. A variety of leaf bug.
57. A person who delivers a speech or oration.
58. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
61. Enter uninvited.
63. A shout to attract attention.
66. Necessary for relief or supply.
67. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants.
69. Half the width of an em.
70. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
73. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
75. A deep ravine (usually with a river running through it).
76. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
77. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
78. Being nine more than ninety.
79. A harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment.
80. Informal terms for a meal.
82. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
84. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.
85. The highest level or degree attainable.
87. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
90. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
93. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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