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1. Immediately past.
5. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
13. An enclosed space.
16. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
17. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
18. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
19. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
20. A primeval personification of air and breath.
21. A deficiency of red blood cells.
22. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
26. Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of.
28. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
32. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
33. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
36. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
42. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
44. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
46. (of games) Engaged in.
48. A deep prolonged loud noise.
50. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
51. 10 grams.
52. Cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin.
55. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
56. Eaten as mush or as a thin gruel.
59. Everything you own.
61. A rapid bustling commotion.
62. A fine strong sheer silky fabric made of silk or rayon or nylon.
63. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
64. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
65. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
67. The shore of a sea or ocean.
71. Avatar of Vishnu.
72. Of someone who has joined the military.
74. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
76. Not final or absolute.
77. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
79. Top part of an apron.
82. (informal) Exceptionally good.
85. Have amorous affairs.
89. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
91. Informal terms for a meal.
92. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
94. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
96. In bed.
98. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
99. The month following February and preceding April.
100. Russian country house.
101. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
102. God of the underworld.
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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. The highest level or degree attainable.
3. The fifth month of the civil year.
4. Any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music.
5. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
6. Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs.
7. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
8. A large fleet.
9. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
10. Being one more than fifty.
11. A telephone connection.
12. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
13. A package of several things tied together for carrying or storing.
14. The sister of your father or mother.
15. Give over.
23. An appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips.
27. By bad luck.
29. Any system of principles or beliefs.
31. A city is east central Sweden north northwest of Stockholm.
34. Surgical removal of a body part or tissue.
35. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
37. Greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount.
38. Covered with paving material.
39. A city in Lombardy on the Po River.
43. Grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage.
45. Relating to or lying near the palate.
47. Pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies).
49. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
53. That is to say.
54. Small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail.
57. Something lost (especially money lost at gambling).
58. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
60. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
66. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
68. Of or relating to meiosis.
69. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
70. A French abbot.
73. Of or relating to a dialect of Sotho or the Bantu people who speak it.
75. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
78. Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity.
80. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
81. A large number or amount.
83. Type genus of the Ranidae.
84. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
86. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
87. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
88. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
90. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
93. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
95. A state in north central United States.
97. The square of a body of any size of type.
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