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1. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
5. Sharply and harshly discordant.
13. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
17. The basic unit of money in Peru.
18. Low-growing Old World herbs with minute bright green leaves.
19. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
21. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
22. Someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters.
23. (Old Testament) The 2nd son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel.
25. Bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies.
27. Avatar of Vishnu.
28. (often followed by `with') Damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes.
30. Lacking motor coordination.
32. Type genus of the Timaliidae.
35. A noisy riotous fight.
36. Talk pompously.
37. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
41. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
44. The capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. Noisy talk.
51. Black tropical American cuckoo.
52. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
54. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
55. An indirect suggestion.
57. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs.
60. The sixth month of the civil year.
61. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
62. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
63. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.
65. Half the width of an em.
66. Re-establish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new.
67. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
68. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
71. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
73. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
74. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
76. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
78. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
79. The snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the Organ of Corti.
83. A small cake leavened with yeast.
85. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
89. American novelist (1909-1955).
90. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
94. A three-year law degree.
97. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
99. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
100. The basic unit of money in Romania.
101. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
102. On or toward the lee.
103. Take in solid food.
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1. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval).
2. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
3. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
4. The literary intelligentsia.
5. Malevolent aspect of Devi.
6. (Irish) The sea personified.
7. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
8. Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares.
9. A salt of any halogen acid.
10. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
11. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
12. (Greek mythology) A maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers.
13. By a small margin.
14. Covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments.
15. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
16. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
24. Treated with oil.
26. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
29. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
31. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
33. A family of birds of the suborder Oscines.
34. Sauce for pasta.
38. Jordan's port.
39. Supported or established by evidence or proof.
40. The capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.
42. Deeply affected or marked by mental or physical pain or injury.
43. The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.
45. The residue that remains when something is burned.
47. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. Capable of wounding.
50. Be abundant or plentiful.
53. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
56. A portion of something (especially money).
58. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
59. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws.
64. A French abbot.
69. Unknown god.
70. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
72. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
75. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
77. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
80. Look at with amorous intentions.
81. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
82. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
83. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
84. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
86. Any competition.
87. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
88. Anything that serves as an enticement.
91. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
92. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
93. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
95. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
96. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
98. A Mid-Atlantic state.
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