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1. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
4. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
9. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
13. Of southern Europe.
16. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
17. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
18. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938).
22. (mathematics) Directly proportional.
23. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
24. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
25. Powdery starch from certain sago palms.
26. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
27. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
28. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
29. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
31. British informal term.
33. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
34. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
38. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
42. A public promotion of some product or service.
43. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
46. The capital of Morocco.
49. An associate degree in nursing.
51. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
52. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
53. Offering fun and gaiety.
55. Unknown god.
56. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
57. Having fangs.
60. Wife of Balder.
63. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
64. French classical painter (1780-1867).
65. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
66. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
67. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
68. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
69. Enthusiastic approval.
72. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
74. (informal) Very tired.
75. A notable achievement.
76. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
77. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
78. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
80. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
83. Redness and irritation of the skin caused by exposure to high-velocity wind.
88. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
90. Flat crusty-bottomed onion roll.
94. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
95. A short aria.
98. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
99. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
100. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
102. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
103. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
104. Walk or tramp about.
105. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
106. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
107. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
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1. Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887).
2. Largest known toad species.
3. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
4. A column of light (as from a beacon).
5. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
6. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
7. Before noon.
8. Dearly loved.
9. Of or relating to or characteristic of Monaco or its people.
10. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
11. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
12. An area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming).
13. American novelist (1909-1955).
14. A fraudulent business scheme.
15. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
21. A copper-nickel alloy with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient.
28. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
30. One thousand grams.
32. A port city in southwestern Iran.
35. Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
36. An expression of greeting.
37. A city in southwestern Congo.
39. A person whose occupation is making and altering garments.
40. French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791).
41. A motley assortment of things.
44. A flexible container with a single opening.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. An embarrassing mistake.
48. A week chirping sound as of a small bird v 1.
50. Jordan's port.
54. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
58. Arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks.
59. An honorary degree in science.
61. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
62. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
68. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
70. (Bible) The archangel who was the messenger of God.
71. The superior of an abbey of monks.
73. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
79. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
81. Administer an oil or ointment to.
82. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
84. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
85. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
86. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
87. Goddess of fate.
89. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
91. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
92. A small constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco.
93. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
96. The sound made by a gentle blow.
97. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
98. How long something has existed.
101. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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