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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. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
9. Twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes.
13. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
16. One-thousandth of an equivalent.
17. A bureaucrat who levies taxes.
18. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
19. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
20. (Sumerian) Sun god.
21. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
22. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
23. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
24. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
26. Cheap and shoddy.
27. One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. A white or colorless mineral (BaSO4).
31. By a small margin.
33. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
35. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
36. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
38. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
41. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
43. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
50. A long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic.
51. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
52. United States chemist (1839-1903).
54. The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale).
55. Australian wild horse.
58. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
59. An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal.
61. The emotion of hate.
62. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
63. Any plant of the genus Erica.
65. Thin and fit.
69. Type genus of the Ranidae.
73. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
74. Subdivision not used in some classifications.
76. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
77. A port city in southwestern Iran.
79. Remove from memory or existence.
80. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
83. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
85. South African term for `boss'.
89. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
93. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
94. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
98. A bachelor's degree in theology.
99. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
100. Jordan's port.
101. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
102. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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1. A bachelor's degree in music.
2. The 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
3. Short and fat.
4. A way of access consisting of a set of steps.
5. A slight amount or degree of difference.
6. Have an existence, be extant.
7. (Greek mythology) A river in Hades.
8. (music) A short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria.
9. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
10. A member of a people in India living in Orissa and neighboring areas.
11. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
12. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
13. A member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste.
14. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
15. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
25. Arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks.
28. Of or resembling algae.
30. Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).
32. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
34. The act of getting possession of something.
37. A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana.
39. A midwestern state on the Great Plains.
40. Crab-eating dog.
42. Any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum.
44. Toward the mouth or oral region.
45. A town in west central Florida on the Gulf of Mexico.
47. Make less active or intense.
48. 1/10 gram.
53. Any seed plant yielding balsam.
56. United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924).
57. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
60. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
64. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
66. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
67. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
68. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
70. By bad luck.
71. A partially opened flower.
72. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
75. A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees.
76. An associate degree in nursing.
78. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
81. A quantity of no importance.
82. Slightly open.
84. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
86. A book of the New Testament.
87. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
88. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
90. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
91. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
92. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
95. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
96. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
97. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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