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1. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
4. A lump on the body caused by a blow.
8. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
12. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
16. Being one more than two.
17. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
18. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
19. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
20. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
21. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
22. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
23. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
24. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
26. The largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998.
29. The basic unit of money in Panama.
30. Type genus of the Ranidae.
31. A written proposal or reminder.
34. Relating to bone or to the skeleton.
37. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
40. South American cavy.
42. The longest division of geological time.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
45. (Roman Catholic Church) The supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts.
46. Covered with paving material.
49. Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200).
51. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
52. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
55. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
56. A large fleet.
60. Biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions.
63. Low tree ferns with large fronds.
65. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
66. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
67. Someone who skis.
70. Type genus of the Ariidae.
73. Beside one another in a row or rank.
75. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
77. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
79. Set free as from prison or duty.
81. Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue.
87. Hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany.
88. Offensively curious or inquisitive.
90. An impression made from an etched plate.
91. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
92. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
95. Of inferior or mixed breed.
96. A local computer network for communication between computers.
97. Muslim name for God.
98. Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
99. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. A Loloish language.
2. 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).
3. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
4. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
5. A city in the European part of Russia.
6. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
7. Antacid (trade name Prilosec) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach.
8. Largest known toad species.
9. A genus of Caltha.
10. Have confidence or faith in.
11. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
12. A port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea.
13. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
14. A reason for wanting something done.
15. Wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and North Africa having large recurved horns.
25. Away from the mouth or oral region.
27. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
28. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
32. Highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era.
33. A streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode.
35. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
36. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
38. Red-winged blackbirds.
39. The opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared.
41. Related to or characteristic of or written in Amharic.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. Lower in esteem.
50. Worship given to God alone.
57. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
58. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
59. (Judaism) Not conforming to dietary laws.
61. An old Scottish coin of little value.
62. A genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae.
64. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
68. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
69. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
71. A person who owns or operates oil wells.
72. Of or relating to the spleen.
74. A stiff straw hat with a flat crown.
76. Minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root.
77. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
78. An informal term for a father.
80. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
82. Type genus of the Nepidae.
83. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
84. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
85. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
86. A city in northern India.
89. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.
93. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
94. A Russian river.
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