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1. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
5. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
9. A small island.
13. A bachelor's degree in theology.
16. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
17. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
18. Singing jazz.
19. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
20. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
22. A bachelor's degree in architecture.
24. Black tropical American cuckoo.
25. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
26. A family of fish in the order Zeomorphi.
28. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
30. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
32. A telegram sent abroad.
34. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
38. Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. (Akkadian) Mother of the gods and consort of Apsu.
47. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.
48. At surface level.
50. Make difficult to perceive by sight.
52. God of the sky.
53. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
54. The square of a body of any size of type.
56. The soft brown fur of the beaver.
57. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
58. A historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain.
60. Trade name for an antiemetic drug that has a mint flavor.
62. Of a moderate orange-yellow color.
64. Genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers.
66. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
67. Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992).
68. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
69. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
70. An attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player.
74. A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.
78. Fool's parsley.
82. The capital of Eritrea.
84. Wild and menacing.
86. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
90. Free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms.
93. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
94. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
96. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
97. Express or state indirectly.
99. A small cake leavened with yeast.
101. Irritate or vex.
102. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
103. Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year.
104. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
105. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
106. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
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1. An awkward stupid person.
2. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
3. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
4. Covered with or as if with a glossy and usually brightly colored coating.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani.
7. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
8. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
9. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
10. Sharp piercing cry.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. King of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Saint Edward the Martyr was murdered.
13. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
14. A Loloish language.
15. The Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life.
21. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
23. A state in north central United States.
27. Half the width of an em.
29. A small skullcap.
31. Having only superficial plausibility.
33. The cry made by sheep.
35. A city in northwestern Somalia.
36. French writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982).
37. Freetail bats.
39. Of or on or relating to the seashore.
40. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
41. Someone who claims to speak the truth.
44. A French abbot.
45. Being precisely fitting and right.
46. A town twenty miles east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name).
49. 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.
51. A noisy riotous fight.
55. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
59. A durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color.
61. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
63. Type genus of the Coerebidae.
65. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
71. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
72. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
73. An associate degree in applied science.
75. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
76. Basic principles of the cosmos.
77. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
79. A track or mark left by something that has passed.
80. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
81. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
83. A coarse obnoxious person.
85. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
87. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
88. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
89. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
91. A poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
92. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
95. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
98. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
100. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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