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1. Military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces.
4. A lyric poet.
8. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
16. The basic unit of money in Romania.
17. On or toward the lee.
18. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
19. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
20. Capable of being raised to an upright position.
22. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
23. A crystal of snow.
24. Having high moral qualities.
25. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
28. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
29. 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.
33. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
35. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
38. (criminal law) A pleading describing some wrong or offense.
42. The eleventh month of the civil year.
43. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
45. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
46. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. A large fleet.
50. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
53. (informal) Exceptionally good.
54. Boas of western North America.
56. Liquid excretory product.
57. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
59. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation.
60. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
61. Being two more than fifty.
62. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
63. Having the characteristics of pitch or tar.
64. A Mid-Atlantic state.
65. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
67. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
72. United States industrialist who manufactured and sold processed foods (1844-1919).
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
79. In operation or operational.
80. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
82. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
83. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
89. (botany) Especially of leaves.
92. Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life.
93. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
94. A doctor's degree in optometry.
95. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
96. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
97. Large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox.
99. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
102. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure.
103. A youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s.
104. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
105. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. (Scottish) A narrow secluded valley (in the mountains).
2. A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength.
3. The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec.
4. Moderate or restrain.
5. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
6. Give in, as to influence or pressure.
7. Performance of moral or religious acts.
8. A small cake leavened with yeast.
9. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
10. 1/10 gram.
11. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
12. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
13. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
14. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
15. A primeval personification of air and breath.
21. The state of being split or cleft.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944).
30. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
31. A person who groans.
32. A state in New England.
34. Tire excessively.
36. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
37. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
39. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
40. The father of your father or mother.
41. Something transitory.
44. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
47. An island in the south Pacific.
49. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
51. A member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century.
52. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
55. A city in northeastern Ohio.
58. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
66. A figure of a person made of packed snow.
67. Moderate or restrain.
68. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
69. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
70. A ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation.
71. Type genus of the Anatidae.
73. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
75. The superior of a group of nuns.
76. Someone who operates an aircraft.
77. A state in northwestern North America.
78. Toward the mouth or oral region.
81. (Australian and New Zealand) A disparaging term for English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand.
84. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
85. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
86. Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.
87. (Welsh) A warrior god.
88. Offering fun and gaiety.
90. In bed.
91. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
98. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
100. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
101. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
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