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1. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
4. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
8. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
12. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
16. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
17. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
18. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
19. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
20. The sensation caused by heat energy.
22. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
24. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. Something that remunerates.
26. Form metals with a swage.
28. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
29. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
30. One of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills.
32. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
36. Half the width of an em.
37. A golfer whose shots typically curve right (for right-handed golfers).
41. The officer below the master on a commercial ship.
43. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
47. Small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle.
48. Remote in manner.
50. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
52. A difficult problem.
54. A quantity that is added.
56. Weapons considered collectively.
57. A rapid bustling commotion.
58. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
61. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
63. A game in which darts are thrown at a dartboard.
64. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
65. The sixth month of the civil year.
66. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
70. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
71. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
72. Late time of life.
73. German states who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992).
75. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
77. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
81. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
83. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
85. 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.
86. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
89. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
93. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
95. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
97. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
98. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
99. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
100. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
101. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
102. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
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1. Searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod.
2. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
3. Common black European thrush.
4. Type genus of the family Ostreidae.
5. Type genus of the Sphyrnidae.
6. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
7. Collect or gather.
8. (Greek mythology) A maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers.
9. French writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982).
10. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
11. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
12. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
13. By bad luck.
14. A small cake leavened with yeast.
15. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
21. Scottish physiologist who directed the research by F. G. Banting and C. H. Best that led to the discovery of insulin (1876-1935).
23. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
27. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat.
31. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
33. A bachelor's degree in science.
34. A member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas.
35. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Lodine).
38. To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means.
39. Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness.
40. Flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail.
42. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
44. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
45. A motley assortment of things.
46. United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930).
49. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
51. A water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot.
53. Imperial moths.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
59. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
60. The basic unit of money on Sao Tome e Principe.
62. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
67. A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula.
68. Make amends for.
69. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
74. A worker who attaches something by nailing it.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
76. Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948).
78. The hole that an anchor rope passes through.
79. A strong emotion.
80. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
82. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
84. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
87. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
88. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
90. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
91. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
92. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
94. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
95. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
96. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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