1. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
4. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
8. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
12. A fraudulent business scheme.
16. An electrically charged particle.
17. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
18. At or constituting a border or edge.
19. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
20. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
21. Spanish painter best known for his portraits (1746-1828).
22. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
23. A wine bottle made of leather.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Ansaid) that is administered only orally.
28. (Norse mythology) The Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd.
30. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
33. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
35. Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896).
39. Speaking a Slavic language.
42. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
44. Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
47. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. A plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime.
52. Make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence.
54. Sour or bitter in taste.
55. Lower in esteem.
57. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
58. Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
60. A retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies).
61. An open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers.
63. Deeply moved.
66. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
67. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
68. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
70. The Muskhogean language of the Choctaw people.
72. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
73. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
75. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
76. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
78. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
80. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
81. A cry expressing disapproval.
86. Lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind.
90. Of or in or relating to the nose.
91. Coat a metal with an oxide coat.
94. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
95. Outer space as viewed from the earth.
96. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
98. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
99. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
100. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
101. Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule.
102. Produced by a manufacturing process.
103. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.

1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. Slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes.
3. Either extremity of something that has length.
4. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
5. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
6. English portrait painter and first president of the Royal Academy (1723-1792).
7. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
8. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
9. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
10. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
11. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
12. Devoid of brightness or appeal.
13. Of or relating to a clone.
14. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
15. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
25. A victory cheer.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
31. A genus of Tettigoniidae.
32. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
34. French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920).
36. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
37. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
38. Convert ordinary language into code.
40. Liquorice-flavored seeds or oil used in cookies or cakes or pickles.
41. Rendered competent through trial and experience.
43. The unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container.
45. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
46. Explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures.
50. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
51. Leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion.
53. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
56. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
59. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
62. Improved or corrected by critical editing.
64. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
65. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
69. Of or relating to Laos or its people.
70. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
71. A whetstone made of fine gritstone.
74. An industrial city in central Japan on southern Honshu.
77. English merchant who expanded his father's shop in London into a prestigious department store (1841-1905).
79. A shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically.
82. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
83. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
84. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
85. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
87. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
88. A school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences.
89. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
92. God of war and sky.
93. Seed of a pea plant.
94. How long something has existed.
97. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.