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1. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
4. Small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit.
9. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
13. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
16. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
17. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
18. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
19. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
20. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
21. Anthropologist and linguist.
22. A master's degree in library science.
23. Tag the base runner to get him out.
24. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
26. A block of absorbent material saturated with ink.
28. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
29. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
30. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
31. Australian moundbird.
33. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
34. A shape that sags.
35. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
36. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835).
38. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
44. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
47. Serving no useful purpose.
50. Jordan's port.
51. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
52. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
53. Of or relating to or containing balsam.
54. Informal terms for a meal.
55. A unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere.
57. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.
58. Being one more than ten.
59. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
61. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
63. King of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410).
65. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
67. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
68. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
69. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
70. (Greek mythology) The rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods.
72. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
74. The event of dying or departure from life.
76. At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant.
79. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
81. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
82. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
85. A drawing illustrating the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes.
89. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
91. A dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae.
93. A group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana.
96. Resembling or similar.
97. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
98. (informal) Exceptionally good.
99. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
100. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
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1. People having the same social or economic status.
2. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
3. United States writer remembered as the secretary and companion of Gertrude Stein (1877-1967).
4. Large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. A small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell.
7. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
8. Hours or days of work in a calendar week.
9. Someone whose business is advertising.
10. Having been read.
11. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
12. East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder.
13. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
14. An area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake.
15. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
25. A tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships.
27. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
29. A small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine.
32. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
37. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
39. Necessary foods or commodities.
40. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Remicade) consisting of an antibody directed against TNF.
41. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
42. Make less active or intense.
43. Thrown into a state of agitated confusion.
45. A painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table.
46. United States architect who with his partner Thomas Hastings designed many important public buildings (1858-1911).
48. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
49. Old World chats.
56. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
60. Genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips.
62. Largest city in Illinois.
64. Furnished or strengthened with ribs.
66. A port city in western Turkey.
71. Tropical American trees.
72. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
73. A change for the better.
75. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
77. The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum.
78. Sour or bitter in taste.
80. Having help.
81. A public promotion of some product or service.
83. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
84. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
86. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
87. Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
88. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
90. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
92. A partially opened flower.
94. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
95. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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