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1. A point located with respect to surface features of some region.
5. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
9. A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).
13. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
16. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
17. Characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity.
18. A slender double-reed instrument.
19. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
20. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
21. Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977).
23. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
25. British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the Empress of India (1804-1881).
27. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
29. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
30. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
31. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
33. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
35. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
36. Lower in esteem.
40. Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
43. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
44. The force of workers available.
45. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
47. Obvious and dull.
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
53. Morally bad or wrong.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. Draw in by breathing.
58. The seventh month of the civil year.
60. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together.
63. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
64. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
66. The act of relaying something.
67. Complacently or inanely foolish.
68. Make an etching of.
69. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
71. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
72. A state in northwestern North America.
73. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
74. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
80. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
84. English monk and scholar (672-735).
87. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
90. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
91. Remove offensive capability from.
94. The basic unit of money in Iran.
95. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
96. An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine.
98. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
99. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
100. Someone who assists in a plot.
101. Employed in accomplishing something.
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1. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
2. A beautiful and graceful girl.
3. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
4. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
5. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
6. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
7. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
8. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
9. A region in central Italy.
10. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
11. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
12. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
13. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
14. Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange.
15. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
22. A loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail.
24. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. Affect with wonder.
32. Capable of being added or added to.
34. Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.
37. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
38. A kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface).
39. A genus of evergreen shrub that grows in New Zealand.
41. A woman's large folded hooped hood.
42. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
46. Cut in half or cut in two.
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
51. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
52. A compact mass.
55. A card game for 2 players.
57. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
59. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
61. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
62. The basic unit of money in Myanmar.
65. A battle in the Seven Years' War (1757).
70. An informal term for a father.
75. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
76. Pertaining to or near the sun.
77. Examination of conscience (as done daily by Jesuits).
78. Chipmunks of eastern North America.
79. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
81. Found along western Atlantic coast.
82. Make less active or intense.
83. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
85. Informal terms for a meal.
86. A doctor's degree in music.
87. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
88. Chief port of Yemen.
89. The template for protein synthesis.
92. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
93. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
97. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
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