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1. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
4. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
8. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
12. Marked by casual disrespect.
16. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
17. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
18. Divisible by two.
19. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
20. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
22. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
24. (Norse mythology) The primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world.
25. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
26. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
27. Having a smooth, gleaming surface.
28. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
30. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
31. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
34. A Hindu prince or king in India.
36. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
37. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) Optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light.
40. A large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts.
46. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
53. The month following March and preceding May.
55. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
57. The basic unit of money in Uruguay.
58. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
59. Being derived from.
60. An iconic mental representation.
61. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
62. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
63. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
64. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
67. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
71. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
72. At a specific prior time.
73. An iron-clad vessel built by the Confederate forces in the hope of breaking the blockade imposed by the North.
77. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
79. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
82. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
84. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
88. A tub in which clothes or linens can be washed.
91. A deep bow.
93. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
94. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
95. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
97. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
98. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
99. The basic unit of money in Romania.
100. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
101. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
102. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
2. Reed maces.
3. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
4. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
5. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
6. The exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders.
7. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
8. A shade of brown with a tinge of red.
9. Report or maintain.
10. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
11. Used of a single unit or thing.
12. A blank leaf in the front of back of a book.
13. The 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
14. Overgrown with ivy.
15. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
21. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
23. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
35. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
38. A lack of vitality.
39. Large South African antelope.
41. Relating to or characteristic of Arabs.
42. An enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream.
43. Spanish poet and dramatist (1898-1936).
44. Deprive through death.
45. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
47. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
49. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
50. Oriental moth that produces brownish silk.
52. Tooth on the rim of gear wheel.
54. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
56. Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs.
65. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
66. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
68. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
69. City in northern Austria on the Danube.
70. Type genus of the Majidae.
74. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
75. A Nilotic language.
76. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
78. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
80. A reason for wanting something done.
81. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
83. Shout loudly and without restraint.
85. Framework for holding objects.
86. A slender double-reed instrument.
87. A quantity of no importance.
89. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
90. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
92. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
96. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
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