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1. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
4. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
8. Ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water.
12. A telephone connection.
16. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
17. Very dark black.
18. A French abbot.
19. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
20. A large fleet.
22. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
24. Avatar of Vishnu.
25. Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism.
28. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
29. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
31. Relieve from military service.
34. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
36. A Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation.
40. (informal) Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
45. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
46. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
49. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
51. A Russian river.
52. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms.
54. A small lump or protuberance.
55. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
56. Of or relating to or characteristic of Guinea or its inhabitants.
60. Wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person.
61. A midwestern state on the Great Plains.
63. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
64. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
66. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
67. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
69. An associate degree in nursing.
70. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
71. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
75. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
78. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
79. A B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract.
81. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
82. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
86. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
87. Designed to reduce or prevent skidding.
90. Jutting or overhanging.
92. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
93. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
94. A woman who jilts a lover.
96. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
97. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
98. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
99. The content of cognition.
100. A column of light (as from a beacon).
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1. (informal usage) A general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction.
2. Suggestive of the supernatural.
3. Trace the shape of.
4. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
7. (Babylonian) Any of a group of powerful earth spirits or genii.
8. God of death.
9. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
10. Lower in esteem.
11. Being one more than nine.
12. Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct.
13. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
14. Large luxurious car.
15. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
21. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
23. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A copy of a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together).
30. Before noon.
32. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
33. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
35. American dramatist (1928- ).
37. Abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway.
38. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
39. (architecture) Not arcuate.
41. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
42. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
43. A land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water.
44. A French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel.
47. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
48. Remove gas from.
50. A state in southeastern United States.
53. A Spanish female Gypsy.
57. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
58. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
59. A university town in southeast Wyoming.
62. Deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious.
65. A genus of Indriidae.
68. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
72. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
73. The basic unit of money in Yemen.
74. Small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color.
76. United States neoclassical architect (1847-1909).
77. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca.
80. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
83. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
84. English essayist (1775-1834).
85. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
88. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
89. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
91. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
95. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
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