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1. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
4. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
9. A set of rules or principles or laws especially written ones.
13. Inquire about.
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
17. Treated with oil.
18. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
19. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
21. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani.
22. Costing 10 dollars.
23. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
24. Any of the celestial bodies (other than comets or satellites) that revolve around the sun in the solar system.
26. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
29. Common Indian weaverbird.
30. An island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa.
32. A bachelor's degree in science.
35. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
39. An island in Antigua and Barbuda.
45. A mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women.
46. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
47. A vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day.
49. A youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s.
50. A percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer.
51. Any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap.
52. An elaborate song for solo voice.
53. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
55. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
57. A periodic paperback publication.
58. Something that causes irritation and annoyance.
61. City in central Iran.
64. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
65. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
66. Money that is risked for possible monetary gain.
69. An island of central Hawaii.
70. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events.
73. A word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian).
74. A resident of Arkansas.
77. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
81. A Loloish language.
83. State capital of New York.
86. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
87. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
89. Showing extreme cupidity.
91. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
92. Towards the side away from the wind.
93. The mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs v 1.
95. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
97. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
98. (Irish) The sea personified.
99. A shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically.
100. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
101. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Waterproofed canvas.
2. Using speech rather than writing.
3. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
4. United States abstract painter influenced by oriental calligraphy (1890-1976).
5. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
6. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
7. Type genus of the Pezizaceae.
8. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
9. An ancient port city in southwestern Spain.
10. Preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed.
11. Relieve from military service.
12. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. God of love and erotic desire.
25. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
27. A river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea.
28. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
31. Before noon.
33. Either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber.
34. Poor acting by a ham actor.
36. Someone who guards the entrance to a building.
37. A state in midwestern United States.
38. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
40. A substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture).
41. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
42. A small constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco.
43. A capacious bag or basket.
44. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
48. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
54. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
56. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
59. A peninsula in southwestern Europe.
60. An enclosed armored military vehicle.
62. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
63. Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste.
67. Capital of Swaziland.
68. Obvious and dull.
71. The foreman of a work gang.
72. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
75. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
76. A large number or amount.
77. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
78. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
79. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
80. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
82. On or toward the lee.
83. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
84. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
85. A member of the North American Indian people of Arizona and adjacent Mexico and California.
86. A Russian river.
88. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
90. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
94. An informal term for a father.
96. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
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