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1. An honorary degree in science.
4. South African term for `boss'.
8. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
12. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
16. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. Divisible by two.
19. (Greek mythology) God of love.
20. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
22. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
23. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
24. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
26. The back side of the neck.
29. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
31. A railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution.
33. Being one more than three.
35. An expression of greeting.
36. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
38. Someone who predicts the future.
41. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
43. Of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions.
47. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
48. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
49. A rounded projection or protuberance.
51. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
52. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
54. Relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun.
56. The imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC.
57. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
58. Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set.
60. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
64. A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity.
66. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
67. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
68. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
69. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
71. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
72. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
73. A radioactive transuranic element.
75. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
77. (informal) Of the highest quality.
79. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
82. A Russian river.
87. A glass for beer.
91. An intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls.
92. A shape that sags.
93. A large stringed instrument.
95. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
97. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
98. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
99. Order by virtue of superior authority.
100. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
101. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
102. (Norse mythology) God of war and strife and son of Odin.
103. American dwarf fan palms.
104. Avatar of Vishnu.
105. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
3. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
4. A district of ancient Greece northwest of Athens.
5. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
6. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
7. The act of scanning.
8. Type genus of the Percidae.
9. A genus of Indriidae.
10. As the agent of or on someone's part.
11. (Babylonian) The sky god.
12. Water containing salts.
13. A large fleet.
14. Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come.
15. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
21. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. (Greek mythology) The Muse of astronomy.
28. An epic in Latin by Virgil.
30. Commodities offered for sale.
32. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
34. Full of malice or hate.
37. North American sucker with reddish fins.
39. Extremely evil or cruel.
40. A supporting tower used to support a bridge.
42. Any fungus of the family Boletaceae.
44. A person forced to flee from home or country.
45. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
46. Inclined to waste time and lag behind.
50. Being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium.
53. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
55. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
59. A master's degree in theology.
61. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
62. A car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors.
63. Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943).
65. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai).
70. Larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing.
71. Type genus of the Percidae.
74. Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels.
75. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
78. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
80. United States psychologist who experimented with psychoactive drugs (including LSD) and became a well-known advocate of their use (1920-1996).
81. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
83. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
84. Food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender.
85. In a cold and icy manner.
86. Fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs.
88. A Russian river.
89. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
90. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
94. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
96. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
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