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1. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
4. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
9. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
16. A decree that prohibits something.
17. Of a pale purple color.
18. Drink excessive amounts of alcohol.
19. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
20. The doctrine or belief that there is no God.
22. A disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency.
24. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
25. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
26. Wealth regarded as an evil influence.
28. Respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing.
30. Parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles.
33. An Irish girl.
35. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
36. Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
41. Caught in European waters.
44. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
45. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
46. A mechanical device used for dicing food.
48. Having a tail.
50. Largest known toad species.
52. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
53. A British doctorate.
55. The shore of a sea or ocean.
56. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
59. Parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates.
62. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
63. State capital and largest city of Georgia.
65. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
67. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
68. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
71. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
73. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
74. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
75. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
76. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
80. Obvious and dull.
83. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy.
84. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
88. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
89. Machine tool for shaping metal or wood.
92. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
94. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
95. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
96. True firs.
97. In bed.
98. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
99. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
100. A large number or amount.
101. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
102. (informal) Roused to anger.
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1. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
2. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
3. A transuranic element.
4. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
5. Bar from attention or consideration.
6. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
7. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
8. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
9. An oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina.
10. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
11. Struck with fear, dread, or consternation.
12. Genus of North American spring wildflowers.
13. The Sustainer.
14. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
15. A quantity of no importance.
21. Enclose in, or as if in, a case "my feet were encased in mud.".
23. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
27. An Indic language.
29. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
31. Being nine more than ninety.
32. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
34. Being one more than fifty.
37. Not designed to be thrown away after use.
38. Food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific.
40. A muscle or nerve that dilates or widens a body part.
42. Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.
43. Low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage.
47. (Arthurian legend) The battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded.
49. English essayist (1775-1834).
51. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
54. Female peafowl.
57. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
58. An associate degree in nursing.
60. Rate of revolution of a motor.
61. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
64. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
66. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).
69. Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious.
70. That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency.
72. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
77. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula.
78. A Nilotic language.
79. Jordan's port.
81. A city in northern India.
82. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
85. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
86. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
87. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
90. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
91. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
93. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
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