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1. Standard temperature and pressure.
4. A genus of European owls.
8. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
12. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
16. A pass between mountain peaks.
17. A mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women.
18. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
19. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
20. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
21. Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.
23. 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.
25. (informal British usage) Aggravation or aggression.
27. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
29. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
32. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
33. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
34. Make a more or less disguised reference to.
36. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
41. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
42. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
46. Type genus of the Anatidae.
47. Pouch used in the shipment of mail.
50. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. (botany) Especially of leaves.
54. Encircle or bind.
55. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
58. Something lost (especially money lost at gambling).
60. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
62. The middle of the day.
63. A young woman.
64. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
66. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
67. A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.
68. (of animals) Fully developed.
70. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
72. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
74. Term of address for a man.
75. Striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects.
79. A state in northwestern North America.
81. 1 species.
84. Very dark black.
86. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
90. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
91. Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves.
93. Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin.
94. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
95. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
96. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
98. The sixth month of the civil year.
99. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
100. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
101. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
102. A cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids.
103. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
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1. Lean end of the neck.
2. A monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific.
3. The beach at a seaside resort.
4. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
5. A former French coin of low denomination.
6. Attach a yoke or harness to, as of a draft animal.
7. An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance.
8. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs.
9. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
10. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
11. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
12. A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles.
13. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
14. Water containing salts.
15. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
22. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
24. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
26. A port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic.
28. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
30. Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.
31. Of or relating to alga.
35. Refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style.
37. Containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid.
38. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
39. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
40. In addition.
43. Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland).
44. Italian electrical engineer known as the father of radio (1874-1937).
45. More often or more frequently.
48. Lower in esteem.
49. Obvious and dull.
53. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
56. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
57. A small cake leavened with yeast.
59. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
61. Brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers.
65. The sound made by corvine birds.
69. Large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia.
71. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
73. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
76. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
77. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
78. The basic unit of money in Sierra Leone.
80. A member of a Muslim Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan).
82. A slender double-reed instrument.
83. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
85. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
87. Make anew.
88. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
89. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
92. A loud utterance.
97. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
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