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1. The residue that remains when something is burned.
4. Type genus of the family Lepadidae.
9. Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.
13. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
16. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
17. Discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people.
18. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
19. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
20. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
21. An abdominal tumor.
23. Similar to McIntosh.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. An immunoglobulin E that is formed as an antibody against allergens (such as pollen).
28. (commerce) The period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange).
29. A city of central China.
31. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. Characterized by obscenity.
33. Small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
42. An informal term for a father.
44. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
48. (British) Any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low).
49. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
52. The chief source of beryllium.
53. A resource.
54. A river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River.
56. How long something has existed.
57. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
58. Used of conduct.
59. English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940).
61. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
64. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
65. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
66. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
68. Tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
70. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
73. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
76. Similar or related in quality or character.
77. Informal terms for a meal.
79. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
80. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835).
82. Having a gradual increase in width.
84. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
88. Great coolness and composure under strain.
91. European herb resembling vetch.
93. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
94. Towards the side away from the wind.
95. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
97. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
98. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
99. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
100. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
101. A common venereal disease caused by the Treponema pallidum spirochete.
102. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
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1. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
4. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
5. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
6. Low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage.
7. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
8. Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog.
9. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
10. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
11. Type genus of family Ulmaceae.
12. An unwholesome atmosphere.
13. A discrete unit of living matter.
14. Expel gas from the stomach.
15. United States educator who founded the first private school for Black students in Augusta, Georgia (1854-1933).
22. The environmental condition.
24. The mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia.
26. (used colloquially) Having the relationship of friends or pals.
30. Capital of modern Macedonia.
34. A short moral story (often with animal characters).
35. Used of gloves, socks, etc..
36. A circular segment of a curve.
37. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
40. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
41. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
43. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. In a grave and sober manner.
46. Shockingly brutal or cruel.
47. A piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornaments.
50. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
55. A humorous anecdote or remark.
60. Deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds.
62. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
63. Sloth bears.
67. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
69. After the expected or usual time.
70. A discrete unit of living matter.
71. A young eagle.
72. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
74. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
75. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
78. Smelling of beer.
81. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
83. Relatively deep or strong.
84. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
85. God of the Underworld.
86. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
87. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote.
89. A master's degree in business.
90. A flexible container with a single opening.
92. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
93. Informal terms for a mother.
96. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
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