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1. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
4. Loose or flaccid body fat.
8. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
12. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
17. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
18. English writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606).
19. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
20. The hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified.
22. A thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery).
24. A prophet of the first century.
25. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
28. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
29. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
31. Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility.
33. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
35. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
38. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
41. Abounding in rocks or stones.
43. An island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
48. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
50. Having the slant of a bevel.
52. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
54. Denuded of leaves.
57. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
60. Poisonous herbs.
62. A bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin.
64. A sign of something about to happen.
65. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
66. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
68. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
69. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.
70. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
72. An archaic drinking vessel.
76. A public promotion of some product or service.
78. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
79. The second largest city in Tunisia.
81. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
84. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
88. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
90. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
92. (informal) Of the highest quality.
93. Lacking self-confidence.
94. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
95. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
96. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
97. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
98. New Zealand conifer.
99. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
100. In this sense `Gentile' denotes a Christian as contrasted with a Jew.
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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. Brittle flat bread eaten at Passover.
4. Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio.
5. 16 ounces.
6. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
7. Hoary alyssum.
8. Speaking a Slavic language.
9. Recuperation in which the symptoms of an acute disease gradually subside.
10. A member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and western Alaska.
11. Minor or subordinate.
12. Any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages.
13. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
14. Lie adjacent to another.
15. Flat tableland with steep edges.
21. An area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma.
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
27. Characteristic of a mob.
30. A branch of the Tai languages.
32. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
34. Lying in the same plane.
36. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds.
37. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
39. In or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line.
40. An abnormal loss of strength.
42. Of the same period.
44. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
45. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
49. Type genus of the Cracidae.
51. English educator who invented a system of phonetic shorthand (1813-1897).
53. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
55. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
56. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
58. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
59. Type genus of the Anatidae.
61. Tag the base runner to get him out.
63. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
67. The capital and largest city of Greece.
68. Speaking a Slavic language.
71. 1 species.
73. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
74. Coffee trees.
75. Genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees.
77. An accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing.
80. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
82. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
83. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
85. 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.
86. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
87. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
89. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
91. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
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