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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. Stir up or tend.
9. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
13. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
16. (informal) Of the highest quality.
17. A picturesque mountainous province of western Austria.
18. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca.
19. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
20. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
21. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
22. By bad luck.
23. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
24. Of or relating to the sky or heavens.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. An informal term for a father.
31. Containing or filled with salt.
33. Solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times.
35. A state in the western United States.
37. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
41. A doctor's degree in optometry.
42. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
46. Immediately following in time or order.
47. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile v 1.
51. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
52. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
53. (Scottish) A narrow secluded valley (in the mountains).
54. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
56. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
58. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
60. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
61. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
62. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
63. The phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation.
66. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
69. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
71. A public promotion of some product or service.
72. Type genus of the Anatidae.
75. The act of scanning.
78. The lowest molding of an architectural base or of a baseboard.
81. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
85. A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together.
86. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
88. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
89. Acrylic resin used to make a strong soft crease-resistant fabric (trade name Acrilan).
90. Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers.
92. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
93. For fear that.
94. Avatar of Vishnu.
96. Type genus of the Ranidae.
97. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
98. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
99. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
100. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
101. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An account describing incidents or events.
2. A fraudulent business scheme.
3. A unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc.
4. A person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble.
5. The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon.
6. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
7. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
8. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
9. United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885).
10. A woman's large folded hooped hood.
11. A genus of Platalea.
12. God of the underworld.
13. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
25. The face veil worn by Muslim women.
26. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
27. Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus.
30. Imprisonment (especially for a long time).
32. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
34. Dragonflies and damselflies.
36. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
38. 100 seniti equal 1 pa'anga.
39. Waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body.
40. A simple type of jet engine.
43. Ragout of game in a rich sauce.
44. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
48. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
49. 1/1000 gram.
50. French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920).
55. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
57. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
59. Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression).
64. A city in southwestern California east of Los Angeles.
65. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
67. A alloy of tin with some copper and antimony.
68. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
69. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
70. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
73. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
74. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
76. A New England state.
77. 1 species.
79. A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue.
80. A city in northwestern Turkey.
82. A Nilotic language.
83. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
84. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
87. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
88. The residue that remains when something is burned.
91. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
95. Informal terms for a mother.
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