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1. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
4. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
8. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
12. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
16. Towards the side away from the wind.
17. A small constellation near the South Pole between Tucana and Ara.
18. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
19. (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree.
20. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
21. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
22. Expel, as of gases and odors.
23. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
24. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
26. A loose cloak with a hood.
28. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
29. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
30. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
36. Dwell (archaic).
37. One thousand periods per second.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. A Mid-Atlantic state.
46. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
48. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
50. A fraudulent business scheme.
54. A structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young.
56. A Mexican (or person of Mexican descent) living in the United States.
59. The face veil worn by Muslim women.
61. A dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae.
62. Any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers.
63. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
65. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
66. (medicine) A grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus.
67. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
69. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
71. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
74. An extreme state of adversity.
77. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
80. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
86. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
87. A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea.
89. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
92. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
93. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
95. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
96. (informal) Of the highest quality.
97. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
98. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
99. United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917).
100. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
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1. Type genus of the Elopidae.
2. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
3. Feeling mild pleasurable excitement.
4. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
5. A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan.
6. Overgrown with ivy.
7. A unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean.
8. The content of cognition.
9. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
10. Of or relating to Chios.
11. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
12. Burst inward.
13. Expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase.
14. Food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked.
15. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
25. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A person believed to bring bad luck to those around him.
34. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
35. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
38. A small pitcher for serving cream.
40. A state in northwestern North America.
41. Thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal.
42. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
44. A strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp.
45. Antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients.
47. Keep company with.
49. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
51. A genus of Pyralidae.
52. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
53. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
55. A farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw.
57. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
58. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
60. A widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow.
64. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
68. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
70. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
72. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
73. Mexican painter noted for his monumental murals (1883-1949).
74. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
75. Lower in esteem.
76. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
78. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
79. Greek mythology.
81. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
82. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform.
83. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
84. A Hindu prince or king in India.
85. A condition requiring relief.
88. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
90. Free from liquid or moisture.
91. The airforce of Great Britain.
94. Before noon.
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