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1. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
4. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
9. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
13. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
16. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
17. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
18. Very dark black.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. An active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes.
22. A minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language.
24. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
25. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
26. An anticonvulsant drug (trade names Emeside and Zarontin) used to treat petit mal epilepsy.
29. Perennial evergreen herbs with white or pink flowers.
30. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
32. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
36. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
40. Twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes.
44. A slender double-reed instrument.
46. Having two colors.
47. A city in northwestern Syria.
48. A partially opened flower.
50. Wild goose having white adult plumage.
52. Give a promotion to.
54. A son of your brother or sister.
56. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
57. The seventh month of the civil year.
59. Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use.
61. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
64. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people.
65. Male red deer.
66. The herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis.
67. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
69. Posing no difficulty.
70. A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river.
74. A resource.
76. Left-hand page.
79. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
81. A Bantu language.
85. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
86. A town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast.
90. Being one more than two.
91. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
92. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
94. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
95. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
96. East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok.
97. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
98. Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.
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1. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
2. A large quantity of written matter.
3. Strike with a flat object.
4. Of or relating to or near the nares.
5. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
6. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
7. Before noon.
8. Indigo bush.
9. A Mexican (or person of Mexican descent) living in the United States.
10. In bed.
11. Belonging to some prior time.
12. Used of a single unit or thing.
13. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
14. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
15. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
21. Put into a rage.
23. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
27. A tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice.
28. A Turkish river flowing south southwest into the Mediterranean.
31. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
33. A person who tells or invents fables.
34. Of or related to the cornea.
35. A meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes.
37. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
38. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
39. Any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds.
41. Large genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or small trees with large daisylike flowers.
42. A woman of aristocratic family.
43. Marked by conspicuous display.
45. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
49. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
51. The basic unit of money in China.
53. Brazilian statesman who ruled Brazil as a virtual dictator (1883-1954).
55. Humble request for help.
58. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
60. Of or relating to a creed.
62. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
63. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
68. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
71. A partly sheltered anchorage.
72. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
77. Armor plate that protects the chest.
78. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
80. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
82. The second largest city in Tunisia.
83. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
84. The basic unit of money in Peru.
87. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
88. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
89. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
93. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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