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1. Standard temperature and pressure.
4. The sacred city of Lamaism.
9. An edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter).
13. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
16. Take in solid food.
17. A steep descent of the water of a river.
18. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
19. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
20. Divulge information or secrets.
22. Skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls.
25. (in various religions) The world of the dead.
27. Morally reprehensible.
28. A state in the western United States.
29. A person forced to flee from home or country.
32. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
33. Lower in esteem.
36. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
42. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
46. Used of conduct.
51. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
52. A flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces.
53. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
54. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
55. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
57. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
58. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
60. An adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
63. Cause to be embarrassed.
65. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
67. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
68. A rotund individual.
69. An associate degree in nursing.
71. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
72. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
74. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
76. Flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point.
79. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
81. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
83. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
84. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
87. Great brightness.
89. Avoid and stay away from deliberately.
91. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
95. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
97. Prolific Flemish baroque painter.
99. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
100. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
101. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
103. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
104. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
105. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
106. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
107. A small cake leavened with yeast.
108. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
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1. The compass point that is one point south of southeast.
2. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
3. A major god.
4. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
5. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
6. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
7. A native or inhabitant of Slovakia.
8. (ophthalmology) Impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea.
9. Pitching dangerously to one side.
10. Goddess of fate.
11. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
12. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
13. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
14. Being in competition.
15. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
21. Space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person).
23. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
24. A tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes.
26. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
30. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
31. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
34. Decorate tastelessly.
35. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
38. The mints.
40. A rapid bustling commotion.
41. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
43. Genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips.
44. A resident of Idaho.
47. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
48. Stalk of a moss capsule.
49. A river in southeastern France.
50. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
56. The airforce of Great Britain.
59. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
61. Any loose flowing garment.
62. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
64. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
66. An analgesic for mild pain.
70. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
73. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
75. Genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the Western Hemisphere.
77. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
78. A Loloish language.
80. A state in northwestern North America.
82. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
85. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
86. A Bantu language spoken in southern coastal Tanzania.
88. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
90. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
92. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
93. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
94. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
96. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
98. Tag the base runner to get him out.
102. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
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