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1. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
4. A river in eastern France.
9. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
13. Tooth on the rim of gear wheel.
16. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
17. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
18. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae.
19. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
20. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
22. The act of consuming food.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
25. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
26. The property characteristic of old age.
29. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
31. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
32. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
34. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
35. God of war.
37. French mathematician and astronomer who formulated the nebular hypothesis concerning the origins of the solar system and who developed the theory of probability (1749-1827).
40. An associate degree in nursing.
41. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
44. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
45. (usually in the plural) A garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. A genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae.
53. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot.
54. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
56. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
57. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
58. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
60. To fix or set securely or deeply.
62. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
63. Genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants.
65. The fatty flesh of eel.
66. Tropical African herbs.
68. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
69. One-hundredth of a right angle.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
73. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
74. Unknown god.
76. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
79. (zoology) Pertaining to or characteristic of birds.
82. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
84. A fraudulent business scheme.
85. (combining form) Very large in scale or scope or capability.
88. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
92. Lacking fresh air.
94. A medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer.
96. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
97. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
98. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
100. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
101. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
102. The capital and largest city of Japan.
103. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
104. Stalk of a moss capsule.
105. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. A United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas.
2. A Loloish language.
3. A city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau.
4. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
5. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
6. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers.
7. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
8. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
9. The literary intelligentsia.
10. A straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions.
11. Gaudy and showy but valueless.
12. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
13. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
14. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
15. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
21. Of or pertaining to Rwanda.
23. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
27. Worn away as by water or ice or wind.
28. The face or front of a building.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
36. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
38. A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something.
39. Covered with or as if with a glossy and usually brightly colored coating.
42. Childcare during the day while parents work.
43. Based on or arising from the possession of money or wealth.
46. (informal terms) Small and of little importance.
47. Marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations.
49. Back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked.
51. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
52. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
55. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
59. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
61. Divulge information or secrets.
64. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
67. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
70. A city in northwestern Syria.
72. A structure in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (as in a bascule bridge).
73. Gaudy and showy but valueless.
75. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
77. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
78. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
80. (of an arrow) Equipped with feathers.
81. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
83. Of or relating to the kidneys.
86. The content of cognition.
87. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
89. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
90. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
91. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
93. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
95. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
99. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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