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1. An unpleasant or disastrous destiny.
5. One thousandth of a second.
9. A fraudulent business scheme.
13. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
16. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
17. The twelfth month of the civil year.
18. Informal terms for a meal.
19. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
20. A group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast.
21. The capital of Eritrea.
23. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
24. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
25. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
26. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
28. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
32. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
35. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
37. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
41. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
43. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
45. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
46. An accidental happening.
47. A genus of Ploceidae.
49. A cart that is drawn by an ox.
50. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
53. The sixth month of the civil year.
54. A person with a strong desire for something.
56. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
60. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
61. An orderly arrangement.
63. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
66. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
67. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
70. Come out into view, as from concealment.
71. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
74. An associate degree in nursing.
75. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
77. English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542).
78. As thin and soft as chiffon.
80. An Italian poet famous for `The Divine Comedy'--a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).
82. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
84. Brightest star in Centaurus.
85. A song that was formerly popular.
89. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
90. Any thick messy substance.
93. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
95. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
96. The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
97. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
98. American novelist (1909-1955).
99. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
100. A strong emotion.
101. A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth.
102. A small cake leavened with yeast.
103. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An endorsement.
3. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
4. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
5. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
6. Not tense or taut.
7. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
8. A device (used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together v 1.
9. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
10. Perversely irritable.
11. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
12. A master's degree in business.
13. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
22. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
27. Used especially in treating bruises.
29. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
30. Of or relating to alga.
31. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
33. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
34. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
36. An alloy of copper and zinc.
38. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
39. A battle during the American Revolutionary War (1777).
40. A restricted computer network.
42. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
44. A source of oil.
48. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
51. A member of a North American Plains people (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming).
52. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
55. A Mid-Atlantic state.
57. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
58. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
59. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
62. Not normal.
64. The post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs.
65. Free from liquid or moisture.
68. An awkward stupid person.
69. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
70. Perversely irritable.
72. A card game for 2 players.
73. Informal term of address for someone's wife.
76. A port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean.
79. A daughter of your brother or sister.
81. A genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae.
83. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
86. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
87. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
88. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
91. An advanced law degree.
92. Being one more than two.
94. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
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