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1. A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).
5. Small lead shot for shotgun shells.
13. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
17. Using speech rather than writing.
18. A fatty deposit in the intima (inner lining) of an artery.
19. 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.
20. The British system of withholding tax.
21. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
22. A ray of moonlight.
23. The striking of one body against another.
24. (computer science) A read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data.
25. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
26. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
27. Catch sight of.
29. City in Sudan.
31. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
33. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
35. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
39. A long-playing phonograph record.
40. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
41. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
44. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
45. Informal terms for money.
46. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
50. A viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility).
52. A fraudulent business scheme.
54. A habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying).
56. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
57. United States impresario who was born in Russia (1888-1974).
59. A diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension.
60. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
62. An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.
63. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
64. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
65. (usually in the plural) A garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately.
66. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
67. Largest crested screamer.
70. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
71. United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918).
73. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
76. The capital and largest city of Japan.
78. The psychological feature of experiencing affective and emotional states.
79. The act of scanning.
82. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
85. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
86. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
89. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
92. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
94. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
95. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
96. A small cake leavened with yeast.
98. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
99. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
100. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
101. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
102. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
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1. A light-weight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun.
2. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
3. Of southern United States.
4. Experiencing or manifesting pleasure.
5. A strip fixed to something to hold it firm v 1.
6. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
7. The short weak cry of a young bird.
8. (Scottish folklore) Water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders.
9. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
10. Tea tortrix.
11. Extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects.
12. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
13. A midwestern state on the Great Plains.
14. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
15. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
16. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
28. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
30. Type genus of the Anatidae.
32. Capable of reflecting light like a mirror.
34. (Norse mythology) Race of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir.
36. A potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine.
37. Any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits.
38. Provide with a terrace, as of a house.
42. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
43. Lyrebirds and scrubbirds.
47. Type genus of the Caricaceae.
48. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
49. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
51. A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it.
53. Black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes.
55. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
58. Make uniform.
61. Small genus of deciduous West Indian trees or shrubs.
68. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
69. A loose cloak with a hood.
72. Belonging to the modern era.
73. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
74. A master's degree in education.
75. Dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg.
77. A cycle with three wheels.
80. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
81. An elaborate song for solo voice.
83. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
84. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
87. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
88. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
90. Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top.
91. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
93. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
97. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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