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1. British informal term.
4. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) Optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light.
9. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
16. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
17. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
18. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
21. An organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime).
23. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
31. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
32. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
34. An associate degree in applied science.
38. A salt deposit that animals regularly lick.
41. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
42. Often cultivated for the decorative foliage.
44. A small island.
45. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
54. Minor or subordinate.
55. Someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
59. A ski run densely packed with snow.
63. The ability to form mental images of things or events.
64. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
65. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
66. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
67. Younger brother or sister.
70. To come or go into.
72. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids.
74. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
75. A Mid-Atlantic state.
76. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
79. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
83. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
86. Tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips.
88. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
89. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
91. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
93. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
94. (psychophysics) The difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected.
95. An industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border.
96. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
97. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
98. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
99. Indigo bush.
100. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
101. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
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1. A sails-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere near Carina.
2. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
3. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
4. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A bar of sand.
7. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
8. Use again after processing.
9. Having only superficial plausibility.
10. Before noon.
11. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
12. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
13. Make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing.
14. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
15. A large number or amount.
22. A state in New England.
24. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
26. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
28. The act of scanning.
29. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
30. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
33. A person holding a fief.
35. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
36. Informal terms for a mother.
37. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
39. Raw milk that has soured and thickened.
40. Kenyan statesman and the first president of independent Kenya (1893-1978).
43. The shape of a bell.
47. An informal term for a father.
49. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
50. Farther along in space or time or degree.
51. Resembling swine.
52. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
53. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
56. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
57. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
58. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
60. (biology) Shed at an early stage of development.
61. The capital of Mali.
62. A French abbot.
68. Fit or ready for use or service.
69. Accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine.
71. Humorously vulgar.
72. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
73. Spread or daub over.
74. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
77. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
78. An uproarious party.
80. A coil of rope or wool or yarn.
81. Relating to the Urdu language.
82. Type genus of the Amiidae.
84. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
85. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
87. An informal term for a father.
90. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
92. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
93. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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