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1. Inquire about.
4. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
9. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
13. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
16. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
17. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
18. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
19. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
20. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
21. Lower in esteem.
22. One thousandth of a second.
23. A decree that prohibits something.
24. Related to or located at the back.
26. A republic in eastern Africa.
28. A genus of Indriidae.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. The production of young from an egg.
34. A boat for communication between ship and shore.
39. For fear that.
43. A primeval personification of air and breath.
44. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
46. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
47. Cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive.
48. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
50. Australian clover fern.
53. The eleventh month of the civil year.
54. A person forced to flee from home or country.
55. To or from every one of two or more (considered individually).
56. A group of more than 800 islands (100 inhabited) in the southwestern Pacific.
57. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
60. An area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake.
62. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
63. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
64. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
66. Retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin.
67. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
68. A Russian river.
70. Genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants.
72. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
74. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
75. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
77. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
78. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
80. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
82. A homeless child who has been abandoned and roams the streets.
85. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
87. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
89. Toward the mouth or oral region.
93. A tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships.
96. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
97. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
99. A native American tent.
100. (often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous.
101. An island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa.
103. A branch of the Tai languages.
104. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
105. Dark grayish extrusive rock.
106. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
107. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
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1. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
2. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
3. Russian chess master (born in 1931).
4. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
5. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
6. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
7. The quantity a cask will hold.
8. On or toward the lee.
9. An annual award for outstanding achievements in television.
10. A city in Tuscany.
11. Water frozen in the solid state.
12. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
13. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
14. Not only so, but.
15. God of fire.
25. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
29. A group of Finnic languages spoken around the Volga river.
31. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
32. A reddish brown dye used especially on hair.
33. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
35. A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression.
36. Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes.
37. Any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries.
38. Having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals.
40. A Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols.
41. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
42. A small tessera.
45. A period of time spent sleeping.
49. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
51. To a great depth psychologically.
52. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
58. (prefix) Reverse of or absence of.
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
61. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
65. A member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California.
69. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
70. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
71. Ostentatiously lofty in style.
72. On or toward the lee.
73. A member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota.
74. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
76. Half the width of an em.
79. Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal.
81. Of or relating to or near the nares.
83. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
84. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
86. Relating to or containing diazonium.
88. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
90. Similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region.
91. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
92. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
94. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
95. Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers.
98. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
102. An associate degree in nursing.
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