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1. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
5. A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs.
9. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
13. Of southern Europe.
16. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
17. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
18. Relating to the Urdu language.
19. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. A radioactive transuranic element.
21. Used by northerners of Confederate soldiers.
23. A period of time spent sleeping.
24. Perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning.
25. A passageway between buildings or giving access to a basement.
27. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
28. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
29. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
30. English writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606).
32. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual wear (usually in the plural).
35. Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.
37. A small island.
41. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
45. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
47. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
48. (British) Your grandmother.
49. Spin or twist together so as to form a cord.
52. With rapid movements.
54. Largest crested screamer.
56. The process of becoming sour.
58. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
59. On or toward the lee.
61. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
63. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
64. Someone who leaves one country to settle in another.
65. A motley assortment of things.
66. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
67. A vehicle carrying many passengers.
68. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
70. The fifth day of the week.
73. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
74. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
76. Jordan's port.
80. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
81. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
86. English essayist (1775-1834).
89. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
91. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.
93. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
94. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
95. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
96. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
97. How long something has existed.
98. Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government.
99. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
100. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
101. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
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1. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
2. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
3. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
4. A siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction.
5. Humorously vulgar.
6. A hard gary-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite.
7. Very light colored.
8. After noon.
9. 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.
10. Goddess of love and fecundity.
11. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
12. Father of the storm gods Marut.
13. God of fire.
14. Singing jazz.
15. An informal term for a father.
22. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
26. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
28. Black tropical American cuckoo.
31. A resort city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea.
33. Late time of life.
34. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
36. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
38. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
39. Irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn.
40. Use of the faculty of vision.
42. Austrian composer (1860-1911).
43. Tropical African and Indian herbs.
44. Genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. Alcoholic drink from fermented cider (`cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usage for the fermented beverage).
51. Half the width of an em.
53. English poet (1824-1897).
55. A loose cloak with a hood.
57. Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories.
60. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
62. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
69. Genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions.
70. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
71. A rectangular array of elements (or entries) set out by rows and columns.
72. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
75. French novelist.
76. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
77. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
78. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
79. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
82. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
83. Witnessed at first hand.
84. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
85. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
86. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
87. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
88. Advanced in years.
90. A shape that sags.
92. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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