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1. A vehicle carrying many passengers.
4. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
8. Informal terms for a mother.
12. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
16. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
17. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
18. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
19. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
20. In a state of sleep.
22. An elaborate party (often outdoors).
24. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
25. Antibacterial agent (trade names Mandelamine and Urex) that is contained in many products that are used to treat urinary infections.
26. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
29. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
33. Erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds.
36. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
39. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
40. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
43. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
44. East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan.
47. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
48. (Akkadian) God ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead.
50. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
51. The sixth month of the civil year.
54. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
55. A pale or subdued color.
57. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
58. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
60. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
61. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
65. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
66. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
67. A small cake leavened with yeast.
70. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
71. Administer an oil or ointment to.
72. The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof.
76. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
77. Made difficult or slow.
81. An associate degree in applied science.
83. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
84. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
88. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
92. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
95. A female domestic.
97. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
98. Considerate and solicitous care.
99. Advanced in years.
100. A city in northern India.
101. On or toward the lee.
102. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
103. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
104. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
105. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
2. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
3. Of superior grade.
4. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
5. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet.
6. An expression of greeting.
7. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
8. One thousandth of a second.
9. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
10. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
11. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
12. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
13. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
14. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
15. In bed.
21. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
23. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
27. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. Made uninhabitable.
31. Measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation.
32. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
34. Any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum.
35. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
37. Capable of being borne though unpleasant.
38. The Algonquian language of the Malecite and Passamaquody peoples.
41. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
42. A small nail.
45. A person who avoids the company or assistance of others.
46. Tag the base runner to get him out.
49. A person who gains weight.
52. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
53. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
56. Scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms.
59. Not only so, but.
62. A French abbot.
63. A state in midwestern United States.
64. A formal expression of praise.
68. Antihypertensive drug (trade name Aldomet) used in the treatment of high blood pressure.
69. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
73. A public promotion of some product or service.
74. Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659).
75. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
78. Possessing qualities befitting a man.
79. A point located with respect to surface features of some region.
80. A Mid-Atlantic state.
82. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
85. An informal term for a father.
86. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
87. Affected manners intended to impress others.
89. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
90. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
91. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
93. A light touch or stroke.
94. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
96. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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