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1. The unit of frequency.
4. Roman scholar (116-27 BC).
9. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
13. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
16. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
17. An assertion of a right (as to money or property).
18. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
19. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
20. Used of a single unit or thing.
21. Very small species of shrubs of southern hemisphere.
22. The face or front of a building.
24. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
26. A city of central China.
27. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
28. An ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate.
29. A city in Veneto.
31. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any.
39. Understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something.
43. United States neoclassical architect (1847-1909).
46. Type genus of the Aphididae.
48. Beyond what is natural.
49. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
52. A low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat v 1.
53. A wave on the surface of a lake or landlocked bay.
54. A shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass.
55. A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.
56. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
57. Male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon.
59. A state in midwestern United States.
61. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
62. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
64. The capital of Western Samoa.
65. The largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998.
67. An appearance of reflected light.
69. Great coolness and composure under strain.
72. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
73. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
74. Type genus of Hydnaceae.
76. Mites and ticks.
79. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
83. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
84. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
88. Give over.
91. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
92. Pain in the gums.
94. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
96. A newt in its terrestrial stage of development.
97. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
98. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
100. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
101. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
102. Having a pair of equal and opposite charges.
103. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
104. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
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1. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
2. A member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
4. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
5. By bad luck.
6. Any object that radiates energy.
7. Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis.
8. A sign of something about to happen.
9. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
10. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
11. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
12. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
13. The eighth month of the civil year.
14. An informal term for a father.
15. A stock exchange in New York.
23. Lacking in integrity.
25. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
30. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
32. Genus of large crested guans (the piping guans).
36. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
37. (botany) Outer tissue of bark.
38. Ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse.
40. Inability to urinate.
41. An industrial city of northeastern Pennsylvania.
42. A genus of protoctista.
44. Without doubt or question.
45. Made by intertwining threads in a series of connected loops rather than by weaving.
47. Any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as.
50. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
51. (nautical) Of an anchor.
58. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
60. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
63. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
66. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
68. Someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884.
69. By bad luck.
70. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
71. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
75. Informal terms for a mother.
77. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
78. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
80. A resort city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea.
81. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
82. A large number or amount.
85. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
86. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
87. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
88. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
89. Go "ding dong", like a bell.
90. Informal terms for a meal.
93. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
95. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
99. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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