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1. An honorary degree in science.
4. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
9. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
13. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
16. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
17. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
18. An excavation that is (usually) filled with water.
19. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
20. Not taken into account.
22. Division of a group into opposing factions.
24. A light touch or stroke.
25. A thrusting blow with a knife.
26. An ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis.
29. Made or produced in the home or by yourself.
30. A large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil.
32. A state in midwestern United States.
33. Be in contradiction with.
35. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
38. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
40. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
42. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
43. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
44. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
46. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
50. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
54. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
56. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
58. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
59. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
61. State in northeastern India.
64. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
65. English essayist (1775-1834).
66. Thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricles of the brain and the spinal cord canal.
69. Belonging to some prior time.
70. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
72. The most northwestern Hawaiian island (beyond Kauai).
74. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
76. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
77. Hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo.
80. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
81. Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania.
85. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
86. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
89. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
91. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
92. A small constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco.
93. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
94. Type genus of the Majidae.
95. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
96. An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).
97. Wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India.
98. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
99. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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1. Silence (someone) by uttering "shush!".
2. The highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music.
3. The branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies.
4. The seventh and last day of the week.
5. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
6. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
7. 16 ounces.
8. Situated in or facing or moving toward the east.
9. Loss of the ability to swallow.
10. Chilean evergreen whose leafy boughs are used for thatching.
11. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
12. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
13. Spread or daub over.
14. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
15. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
23. (Mexican) Ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans.
27. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
28. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
34. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
36. Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
37. Jewelled pendant worn on a chain around the neck.
39. Chiefly Old World herbs or shrubs.
41. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
45. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
47. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
49. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
51. An informal term for a father.
52. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
53. United States writer who was a leading figure of the beat generation (1922-1969).
55. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
57. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
60. Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner.
62. A syntactic string that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit.
63. A great raja.
68. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
71. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
73. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
75. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
78. Make amends for.
79. A three-tone Chadic language.
82. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
83. A genus of Mustelidae.
84. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
87. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
88. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
90. A boy or man.
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