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1. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
9. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
13. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
16. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
17. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
19. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
20. Take revenge for a perceived wrong.
22. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
25. Leather with a napped surface.
28. Succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land.
30. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
33. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
34. Physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925).
36. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
40. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
44. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
45. A Spanish title of respect for a gentleman or nobleman.
47. In bed.
48. An elaborate song for solo voice.
50. The capital and largest city of Chad.
52. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
53. Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659).
55. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
57. 10 grams.
58. The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).
59. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
60. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
62. Restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal.
64. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
66. (prefix) Within.
67. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
68. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
73. A public promotion of some product or service.
76. In ancient Semitic folklore.
80. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
83. United States astronomer (1835-1909).
85. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri.
86. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
87. Direct or control.
89. Used of mouth or eyes.
91. Type genus of the Muridae.
92. (Norse mythology) The chief race of gods living at Asgard.
93. Denuded of leaves.
95. A strong emotion.
96. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
97. Device for resetting instruments or controls v 1.
98. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
99. The unit of frequency.
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1. Cause to be embarrassed.
2. A variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians.
3. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
4. A bar of sand.
5. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
6. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
7. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
8. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
9. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
12. An associate degree in nursing.
13. Type genus of the Percidae.
14. A support that steadies or strengthens something else.
15. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
21. Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged.
23. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
24. (British) First-rate.
26. Provide with a new binding, as of books.
27. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
29. A river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows northwest to the Bay of Biscay.
31. Argentinian cariama.
32. Greek mythology.
35. Someone who communicates by signals.
37. Fortification consisting of a low wall.
38. Bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies.
39. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
41. A port city in southwestern Iran.
42. The act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) v 1.
43. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
46. Not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam.
49. Absence of the mammary glands (either through surgery or developmental defect).
51. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
54. A Loloish language.
56. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
61. (South African) An ear of corn.
63. That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency.
64. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
65. A city and port in northern Jutland.
66. An associate degree in nursing.
69. Unknown god.
70. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
71. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
72. Lower in esteem.
74. Naturally having skin of a dark color.
75. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
77. Containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions.
78. Someone who is regarded as contemptible.
79. (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld in ancient mythology.
81. The twelfth month of the civil year.
82. Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come.
84. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
88. Liquid excretory product.
90. Seed of a pea plant.
94. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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