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1. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
4. Venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw.
9. A thrusting blow with a knife.
13. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
16. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
17. Be in accord.
18. An elaborate song for solo voice.
19. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
20. The number of the pregnancy that a woman is in.
22. The word class that qualifies verbs or clauses.
24. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
25. A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere.
26. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
28. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. Be about.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
35. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
38. A genetically engineered anti-TNF compound (trade name Enbrel) consisting of receptors that bind TNF.
42. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
45. A female bartender.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
49. Being one more than fifty.
50. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
51. The front part of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen.
52. A priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome.
54. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
55. A person who lacks good judgment.
57. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
58. A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem.
61. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
62. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
64. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
65. The character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall.
66. The act of eating lunch.
68. A drama set to music.
69. By bad luck.
72. The cry made by sheep.
73. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
74. The fifth day of the week.
75. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
77. Somewhat soft.
82. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
86. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
89. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
90. The capital of Switzerland.
91. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
92. Related on the father's side.
96. In or of the month preceding the present one.
97. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
98. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
100. (often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous.
101. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
102. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
103. (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.
104. English writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606).
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1. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
2. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
3. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
4. A member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste.
5. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
6. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
7. 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.
8. Located in or toward the back or rear.
9. The act of preventing the opposition from scoring (in sports).
10. An evergreen tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in tropical America and Africa and Asia.
11. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
12. A small cake leavened with yeast.
13. One of the Aesir having a strong and beautiful body but a dull mind.
14. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
15. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
21. Periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Velban) that disrupts cell division.
23. (euphemistic) "he is deceased".
27. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
29. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
31. United States chemist (1839-1903).
33. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
36. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
37. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
39. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
40. An abstract part of something.
41. The descendants of one individual.
43. An inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there.
44. Enter or assume a certain state or condition.
46. Relating to or associated with Arabia or its people.
47. An official or legal cancellation.
53. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
56. The state of being unsure of something.
59. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
60. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
63. Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell.
67. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
70. A useful or valuable quality.
71. Veloute sauce with sauteed chopped onions and whipping cream.
72. The act of preventing the opposition from scoring (in sports).
76. A state in northwestern North America.
78. Noisy quarrel.
79. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
80. Having winglike extensions.
81. Jordan's port.
82. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
83. A sudden unexpected piece of good fortune.
84. (Sumerian) God of the air and king of the Sumerian gods.
85. Having a tone of a reed instrument.
87. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
88. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
93. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
94. Tag the base runner to get him out.
95. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
99. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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