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1. Any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast) v 1.
4. Lower in esteem.
9. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. (informal) Of the highest quality.
17. Perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots.
18. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
19. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
20. Periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Velban) that disrupts cell division.
22. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
24. The savage and excessive killing of people.
26. Combined or joined to increase in size or quantity or scope.
27. Found along western Atlantic coast.
29. Covered with beads of liquid.
30. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
32. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
33. Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire.
35. Shrubby plant with aromatic grayish-green leaves used as a cooking herb.
38. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
42. Half the width of an em.
43. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
46. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
47. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
48. A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.
50. A country on western coast of Africa.
51. Type genus of the Salmonidae.
53. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
55. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
56. Speaking a Slavic language.
57. A native or inhabitant of Nubia.
59. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
62. An authoritative person who divines the future.
63. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
65. Red Bordeaux wine from the Medoc district of southwestern France.
66. Not set afire or burning.
68. A member of a North American Indian people of the Klamath river valley in northern California.
71. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
72. United States jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971).
74. Of or relating to an oracle.
78. Set down according to a plan.
80. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
83. United States journalist (1889-1974).
86. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
89. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
91. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
93. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
94. Large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters.
95. An informal term for a father.
97. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
98. The basic unit of money in Albania.
99. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
100. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
101. The seed of the cereal grass.
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1. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
2. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
3. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
4. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
5. A decree that prohibits something.
6. An associate degree in nursing.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. Put to use.
9. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
10. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
11. Perversely irritable.
12. Be in accord.
13. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
14. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
15. In bed.
21. Treat with contempt.
23. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
25. A quantity of no importance.
28. Extravasation of urine into the scrotal sac.
31. Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics.
34. A member of a people in India living in Orissa and neighboring areas.
36. Wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi.
37. Any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus.
39. (botany) Especially of petals or leaves in bud.
40. Unsegmented worms.
41. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
44. A boy or man.
45. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
49. A hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element.
52. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
54. A genus of Caltha.
58. A pendent spear of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
60. Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven.
61. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
64. Sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Mohammed during his life at Mecca and Medina.
67. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone.
68. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
69. (trademark) An antacid.
70. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
71. Be in accord.
73. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy.
75. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
76. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
77. An East Indian sailor.
78. How long something has existed.
79. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
81. A French abbot.
82. Related to or located at the back.
84. A unit of subjective loudness.
85. A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic.
87. Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil.
88. Liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned.
90. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
92. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
96. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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