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1. The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
4. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
8. Fill to satisfaction.
12. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
16. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
18. Preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).
19. The content of cognition.
20. Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers.
22. A stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm.
24. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
25. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
26. Tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage.
29. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
30. The presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling.
32. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
33. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
36. A Chinese green tea with twisted leaves.
39. Large American feline resembling a lion.
43. Relieve from military service.
45. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
47. Any handsome young man.
48. Tropical African herbs.
50. A motley assortment of things.
52. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
53. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
54. Of or relating to the Iberian peninsula or its inhabitants.
58. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
60. Inquire about.
61. Any plant of the genus Hibiscus.
63. A wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding.
68. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
69. New World lizards.
71. The capital and largest city of Japan.
72. Either of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head.
73. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
75. A supply of food especially for a household.
77. Not only so, but.
79. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
82. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
83. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
88. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
92. Type genus of the Amiidae.
93. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
95. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
96. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
97. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
100. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
102. (Irish) The sea personified.
103. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
104. Jordan's port.
105. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
106. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. The 10th and last incarnation of Vishnu.
2. Appeal or request earnestly.
3. Heal or recover.
4. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
5. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
6. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
7. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
8. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
9. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
10. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. A Kachinic language.
13. The sixth month of the civil year.
14. Being nothing more than specified.
15. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
21. Having six units or components.
23. An insignia worn to indicate years of service.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
34. An unforeseen obstacle.
35. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
37. United States baseball player (born 1925).
38. Of or pertaining to Sabah or its people.
40. Lacking tucks or not being tucked.
41. Lead someone in the wrong direction.
42. An official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it.
44. A government order imposing a trade barrier.
46. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
49. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
51. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
55. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
56. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
57. An inhabitant of ancient Assyria.
59. Wildly disordered.
62. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
64. (Greek mythology) The wife of Orpheus.
65. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib.
66. Being one more than one.
67. An informal term for a father.
70. An enclosed space.
74. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
76. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
78. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation.
80. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
81. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
84. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
85. A small cake leavened with yeast.
86. A long-playing phonograph record.
87. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
89. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
90. In bed.
91. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
94. A light touch or stroke.
98. Unknown god.
99. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
101. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
102. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
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