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1. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
5. A chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck.
9. A polite name for any woman.
13. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
16. A republic in western South America.
17. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
18. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
19. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
20. Make less active or intense.
21. Resembling starch.
23. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
27. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
30. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
33. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
35. Speak one's opinion without fear or hesitation.
40. A state in midwestern United States.
42. Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation.
45. Not in action or at work.
47. The act of scanning.
49. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
50. Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body.
51. Witnessed at first hand.
52. A human limb.
54. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
56. Type genus of the Amiidae.
57. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
58. Genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the Western Hemisphere.
61. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
65. Prolific Austrian composer and child prodigy (1756-1791).
66. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
67. A medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard.
68. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
69. God of fire.
70. Showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness.
71. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
72. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
74. A small island.
79. Very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants.
81. French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700).
86. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
90. A city in central Florida.
91. A salt used especially in baking powder.
93. An associate degree in applied science.
94. A manner of performance.
95. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
97. A school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences.
98. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
99. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
100. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
101. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
102. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
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1. A cloth covering (a legging) that provides covering for the instep and ankles.
2. A populous province in northeastern China.
3. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
4. An expressway in a German-speaking country.
5. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
6. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
7. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
8. Ground cherries.
9. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
10. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
11. An informal term for a father.
12. A soft silvery metallic element.
13. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
14. Speaking a Slavic language.
15. Capital and largest city of Italy.
22. Oil palms.
24. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
28. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
32. An associate degree in nursing.
36. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
37. The content of cognition.
38. Shop where dry cleaning is done.
39. A feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other.
41. Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries.
43. (informal) Of the highest quality.
44. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
46. Numbered or proceeding by tens.
48. (used of eyes) Open and fixed as if in fear or wonder.
53. A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea.
55. A verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee.
59. The upper jawbone in vertebrates.
60. Male red deer.
62. Goddess of fertility.
63. A Bantu language.
64. A large fleet.
73. A person who gains weight.
75. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
76. A card game for 2 players.
77. Deliver a sermon.
78. The univalent unsaturated organic radical C3H5.
80. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
81. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
82. Toward the mouth or oral region.
83. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
84. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
85. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
87. A quantity that is added.
88. The handle of a weapon or tool.
89. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
92. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
96. Informal terms for a mother.
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