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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. A cloth having a crisscross design.
9. (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree.
13. An enclosed space.
16. A rapid bustling commotion.
17. Father of the storm gods Marut.
18. A slender double-reed instrument.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. The act of taking something from someone unlawfully.
22. In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child.
23. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
24. The content of cognition.
25. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
29. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
32. A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
34. Informal terms for a mother.
36. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
40. Half the width of an em.
41. The act of removing or getting rid of something.
44. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
45. The scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting).
48. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
49. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
50. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
52. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
53. 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.
54. Being derived from.
56. Type genus of the Anatidae.
57. Small magnifying glass (usually set in an eyepiece) used by jewelers and horologists.
61. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
62. Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba.
65. Soft leather shoe.
68. Indicating the most important performer or role.
69. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
72. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
73. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
75. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
76. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
78. A light-weight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun.
80. A bachelor's degree in religion.
82. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
86. Small genus of herbs usually included in the genus Origanum.
92. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
93. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
95. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
96. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
97. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
98. A branch of the Tai languages.
100. The bill in a restaurant.
101. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
102. Leather with a napped surface.
103. The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal).
104. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. A wind from the north.
4. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
5. Of or relating to or associated with the moon.
6. Lack of strength or vigor esp from illness.
7. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
8. Indigo bush.
9. Of or relating to or characteristic of Monaco or its people.
10. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
11. A deep prolonged loud noise.
12. The fatty flesh of eel.
13. A deep bow.
14. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
15. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
21. A scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco).
27. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
30. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. Thin-shelled freshwater mussels.
35. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
37. A small hard fruit.
38. Usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests.
39. Genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. Any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols.
46. Constituting or relating to a tail.
47. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
51. Squash bugs.
55. Wood of a sumac.
58. Italian sociologist and economist whose theories influenced the development of fascism in Italy (1848-1923).
59. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
60. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
63. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
64. Frivolous banter.
66. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
67. Poor handwriting.
70. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
71. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
74. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.
77. The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).
79. A republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States.
81. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
83. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
84. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
85. Jordan's port.
87. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
88. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
89. In bed.
90. A thin coat of water-base paint.
91. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
94. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
99. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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