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1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
5. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
9. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
13. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
16. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
17. A city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan.
18. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
20. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
21. In bed.
22. Located in or toward the back or rear.
23. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
24. Small branch or division of a branch.
26. An organism especially a bacterium that requires air or free oxygen for life.
28. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
30. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
31. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
32. Any of various small biting flies.
33. Of or like a cecum.
37. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
40. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
43. A drama set to music.
46. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
47. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
48. A quantity of no importance.
49. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
50. A sharp blow.
52. Of inferior or mixed breed.
54. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
55. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
56. Virus parasitic in bacteria.
57. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
60. A long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall).
63. According to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions).
64. (Old Testament) Samson's Philistine mistress who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength.
65. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
67. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
68. Read anew.
71. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (27,890 feet high).
75. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
76. Stain (furniture) black to make it look like ebony.
77. A set of data arranged in rows and columns.
81. A public promotion of some product or service.
82. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
89. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
90. The provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada).
92. Austrian pianist and composer who studied with Beethoven and was a teacher of Liszt (1791-1857).
93. (British) Your grandmother.
94. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
95. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
97. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
98. A doctor's degree in education.
99. Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed.
100. Used of the language of the deaf.
101. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
102. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
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1. A large number or amount.
2. A city in northwestern Syria.
3. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
4. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
7. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
8. (Greek mythology) Monster with nine heads.
9. Acid gritty-textured fruit.
10. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
11. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
12. Make crunching noises.
13. Wild geese.
14. Not widely known.
15. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
25. Offering fun and gaiety.
27. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers.
29. A woman's large folded hooped hood.
34. Adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder.
35. Tropical American trees.
36. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
38. Determined by mathematical computation.
39. A family of fish in the order Zeomorphi.
41. Any of various seaweeds that grow underwater in shallow beds.
42. The inventor to whom a patent is issued.
44. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
45. Toward the mouth or oral region.
51. Large North American deer with large much-branched antlers.
53. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
58. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
61. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
62. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
66. Touch lightly and with affection, with brushing motions.
69. Unpleasantly loud and harsh.
70. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
72. Crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings.
73. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
74. A low-lying region in central France.
75. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
78. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
79. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
80. Goods carried by a large vehicle.
81. 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.
83. A swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building.
84. A large number or amount.
85. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
86. (used as a sentenced connector) Therefore or consequently.
87. A state of agitated irritation.
88. Make synchronous and adjust in time or manner.
91. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
96. An expression of greeting.
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