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1. Take in solid food.
4. Something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary).
9. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
13. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
16. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
17. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
18. An association of criminals.
19. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
20. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
21. Evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score.
23. North American rat snakes.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A genus of small kites of both Old and New Worlds.
28. Of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era).
32. A set of gears.
36. Hit hard.
40. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).
41. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
43. The thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest.
45. The branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light.
47. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
49. That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers.
50. Two items of the same kind.
51. In or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line.
55. Make a plat of.
56. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
58. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
59. A bloody and prolonged operation in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).
60. Black tropical American cuckoo.
61. (biology) Taxonomic group whose members can interbreed.
64. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
67. Being nine more than forty.
68. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
70. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
71. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
72. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
73. United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946).
77. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
79. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
83. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
85. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
89. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
90. East Indian evergreen tree bearing very acid fruit.
93. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
95. A periodic paperback publication.
96. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
97. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
99. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
100. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
101. United States sculptor (born in 1924).
102. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
103. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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1. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
2. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
3. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
4. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
5. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
6. A urinary stone.
7. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
8. A special situation.
9. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
10. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
11. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
12. An Eskimo hut.
13. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
14. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
15. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
22. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
24. A port in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river.
26. (Greek mythology) Any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus.
29. Give suck to.
30. One thousandth of a second.
31. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
33. Color purple.
34. A colorless poisonous gas.
35. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
37. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
38. The theological doctrine taught by Arius that Christ the Son was not consubstantial with God the Father.
39. The site of three famous battles among Greek city-states.
42. A city in northern India.
44. 16 ounces.
46. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
48. Antacid (trade name Prilosec) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach.
52. Become bony.
53. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
54. The compass point that is one point north of northwest.
57. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
62. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
63. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
65. Succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers.
66. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
69. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
74. Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth.
75. A public promotion of some product or service.
76. A republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast.
78. Jordan's port.
79. A toilet in England.
80. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
81. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
82. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
84. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
86. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
87. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
88. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
91. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
92. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
94. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
98. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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