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1. The month following September and preceding November.
4. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
9. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
13. Select as an alternative.
16. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
17. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
18. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
19. Bright and pleasant.
20. The sign language used in the United States.
21. Of or relating to alga.
22. The central area of a church.
23. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
24. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
26. The basic unit of money in Spain.
28. A covered passageway.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. A passageway between buildings or giving access to a basement.
32. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
33. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
35. In operation or operational.
38. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
47. Make amends for.
48. (of farmland) Capable of being farmed productively.
51. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
53. A city in southeastern South Korea.
54. Load anew with ammunition, "She reloaded the gun carefully".
55. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
56. A Loloish language.
59. Any high mountain.
60. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
61. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
62. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
64. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
66. English monk and scholar (672-735).
69. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
70. A growth in strength or number or importance.
71. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
72. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
77. An informal term for a father.
80. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
81. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
83. A stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm.
85. Affect with wonder.
89. An ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle.
91. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
92. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
94. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
95. Austrian chemist who did research on carotenoids and vitamins (1900-1967).
96. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
100. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
101. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
102. The act of scanning.
103. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
104. A local computer network for communication between computers.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
3. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
4. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
5. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
6. An African river.
7. Remove from memory or existence.
8. Indigo bush.
9. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
10. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
11. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
12. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
13. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
14. A genus of Ploceidae.
15. Elected Vice President and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died (1790-1862).
25. A genus of Thraupidae.
27. Being one more than one.
29. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
34. Cheese containing a blue mold.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. In bed.
39. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
40. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
41. God of death.
42. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
43. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
44. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
45. Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering.
46. Changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose.
49. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
50. Spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key.
52. Very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants.
57. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
58. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
63. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
65. The battle in which Attila the Hun was defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451.
66. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
67. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
68. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
69. Indigo bush.
73. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
74. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
75. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
76. Russian country house.
78. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
79. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
82. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
84. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
86. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
87. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
88. Very dark black.
90. An associate degree in applied science.
93. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
97. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
98. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
99. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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