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1. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
4. Informal terms for a mother.
9. (informal) Elegant and fashionable.
13. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
16. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
17. Related on the mother's side.
18. Of or being the lowest female voice.
19. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
20. Plume thistles.
22. Remove the claws from (a cat).
24. The cry made by sheep.
25. Selected as the best.
26. South African mongoose-like viverrine having a face like a lemur and only four toes.
28. The capital of Tajikistan.
30. A quantity of money.
31. A city in the European part of Russia.
32. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
33. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
35. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
39. 1/1000 gram.
41. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
44. A French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750).
45. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
47. Type genus of the Amiidae.
50. An accidental happening.
51. United States food manufacturer who (with his brother) developed a breakfast cereal of crisp flakes of rolled and toasted wheat and corn.
54. 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.
55. Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval.
58. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door.
60. A heavy precious metallic element.
61. Herbs of temperate regions.
62. Very fertile.
65. Dignified manner or conduct.
66. A form of rummy using two decks and four jokers.
69. Make secure by lashing.
70. Luna moths.
73. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
74. A sleeveless dress resembling an apron.
76. Fiddler crabs.
77. Infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium.
79. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
80. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
82. Hawthorn of southern United States bearing juicy acid scarlet fruit often used in jellies or preserves.
88. The airforce of Great Britain.
91. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
92. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
93. Kindly endorsement and guidance.
94. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves.
96. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
97. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
98. Malicious satisfaction.
99. (informal) Very bad.
100. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. (architecture) Forming or resembling an arch.
2. Thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game.
3. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
4. Swedish physicist (born in Austria) who worked in the field of radiochemistry with Otto Hahn and formulated the concept of nuclear fission with Otto Frisch (1878-1968).
5. (Babylonian) The sky god.
6. Tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit.
7. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
8. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
9. Someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals).
10. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
11. A sculpture representing a human or animal.
12. To what extent or amount or degree.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
15. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
21. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
23. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
27. Norwegian chemist noted for his research on organic molecules (1897-1981).
29. The termination of a relationship.
34. A town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast.
36. God of love and erotic desire.
37. Something to be imitated.
38. A group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution.
40. Written or drawn or engraved.
42. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
43. A master's degree in library science.
46. A Java application.
48. Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves.
49. Noisy talk.
52. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
53. Understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something.
56. Type genus of the Laniidae.
57. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
59. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
63. A vaguely specified concern.
64. Any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium.
67. Type genus of the family Aplysiidae.
68. (superlative of `near' or `nigh') Most near.
71. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
72. (Old Testament) Hebrew prophet and judge who anointed Saul as king.
75. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
78. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
81. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
83. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
84. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
85. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
86. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
87. God of death.
89. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
90. A flexible container with a single opening.
95. Being nine more than ninety.
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