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1. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
4. Urgently needed.
9. A state in the western United States.
13. Inquire about.
16. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
17. (Babylonian) Any of a group of powerful earth spirits or genii.
18. A quantity of no importance.
19. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
21. Made of wood of the aspen tree n.
22. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
23. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
24. A member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India.
26. Dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg.
28. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
30. Formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water.
32. (anatomy) Any encircling or beltlike structure.
35. The occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity.
38. A permanent council of the United Nations.
42. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
44. (British) A simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice.
45. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
46. A fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together.
47. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
48. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
51. In or of the present month.
55. A public promotion of some product or service.
57. Make less active or intense.
59. The fatty flesh of eel.
60. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
63. Dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa.
65. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
66. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
67. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
68. A state in east central United States.
69. Immediately past.
71. 1 species.
74. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
75. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
77. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
78. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
80. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
85. A heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal.
88. A small cake leavened with yeast.
90. Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs.
93. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
95. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
97. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
98. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
99. Lower in esteem.
100. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
101. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
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1. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style (tight bodice and narrow waist and flowing pleated skirt) that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. Meat from a calf.
5. An insect or other arthropod between molts.
6. Uncastrated adult male sheep.
7. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
8. The lean flesh of a fish caught off the Pacific coast of the United States.
9. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
10. A genus of tuberous-rooted vines of the family Dioscoreaceae.
11. Changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose.
12. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
13. A city in northern India.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. God of love and erotic desire.
25. Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies of cognitive development in children (1896-1980).
27. A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Prozac).
29. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
31. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
33. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Chaplain and the Saint Lawrence River.
34. New information about specific and timely events.
36. Ctenophores lacking tentacles.
37. A person from whom you are descended.
39. A cotton fabric with a satiny finish.
40. Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set.
41. The area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina.
43. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
49. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
50. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
52. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. (India) Usually in combination.
54. True confidential information.
56. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
58. Productive work (especially physical work done for wages).
61. Serving as or forming a base.
62. Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945).
64. Trade name for an alloy used to make high-energy permanent magnets.
70. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
72. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
73. Very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants.
74. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
76. A light sharp contact (usually with something flexible).
77. Type genus of the Muridae.
79. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
81. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
82. Type genus of the Ranidae.
83. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
84. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
86. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
87. A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico.
89. The cry made by sheep.
91. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
92. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
94. Informal terms for a mother.
96. An associate degree in nursing.
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