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1. (computer science) A rule stating that the quality of the output is a function of the quality of the input.
5. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
9. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
13. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
16. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
17. A long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked).
18. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
19. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
20. A siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction.
21. A large fleet.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
25. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
26. In a sordid manner.
28. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
30. Pertaining to or involving or having the nature of space.
32. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
34. A flexible container with a single opening.
39. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
42. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
44. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
46. (neuroscience) Of or relating to or resembling an axon.
48. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
49. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
51. Not genuine.
53. A message received and understood that reduces the recipient's uncertainty.
54. In operation or operational.
55. A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain.
57. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
58. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
60. A small amount (especially of a drink).
61. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
63. Wood of a pecan tree.
65. Being eight more than fifty.
67. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
68. God of justice.
71. A pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland.
74. Medieval artillery used during sieges.
77. An enclosed space.
78. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
81. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
84. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
90. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
91. Property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business.
92. 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.
93. A humming noise.
95. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
97. Rate of revolution of a motor.
98. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
99. Cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth.
100. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
101. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. A game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes.
2. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
3. United States financier (born in France) who helped finance the War of 1812 (1750-1831).
4. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
5. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
6. Productive work (especially physical work done for wages).
7. A state in southeastern United States.
8. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
9. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
10. A port city in southwestern Iran.
11. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
12. King of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410).
13. An implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end.
14. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
15. A battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV of France defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne.
22. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.
27. An island in the south Pacific.
29. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
31. Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit.
33. A preparation used in cleaning something.
35. German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969).
36. A candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning.
37. Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods.
38. A district of ancient Greece northwest of Athens.
40. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
41. (of persons) Freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject.
43. A fractional monetary unit of several countries.
45. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
47. Lacking excess flesh.
50. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
52. 1/10 gram.
56. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
59. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
62. A naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905).
64. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
66. Of or relating to the vulva.
69. To the degree or extent.
70. (informal) Of the highest quality.
72. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
73. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
75. Disparaging terms for the common people.
76. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
79. (botany) Divided into two lobes.
80. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
82. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
83. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means.
85. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
86. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
87. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
88. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
89. North American yellow-breasted songbirds.
94. One thousand periods per second.
95. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
96. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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