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1. A man who serves as a sailor.
4. Of or relating to Switzerland or its people or culture.
9. An insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult.
13. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
16. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
17. A genus of Ploceidae.
18. The capital of Western Samoa.
19. How long something has existed.
20. React with bromine.
22. An opaque form of quartz.
24. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
25. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
26. Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods.
28. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
30. A member of a people of India living in Maharashtra.
32. Raise in a relief.
35. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
38. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
39. A state in northwestern North America.
42. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
44. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
48. A device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position.
49. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
51. Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
52. An uproarious party.
53. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
55. Lower in esteem.
57. Covered with paving material.
59. Occurring widely (as to many people).
62. The first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March or April in the Gregorian calendar).
64. A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi.
65. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
66. An expression of greeting.
67. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
71. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
74. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
75. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
77. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
80. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
81. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
85. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
86. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
88. A swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana).
90. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
91. Any federal law-enforcement officer.
93. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
95. With no effort to conceal.
96. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
97. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
98. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
99. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
100. The fatty flesh of eel.
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1. A large number or amount.
2. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
3. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
4. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
5. United States actress and singer (1896-1977).
6. In the Roman calendar.
7. A state in north central United States.
8. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
9. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
10. The topmost one of two.
11. A representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus.
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. (electricity) Pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action.
14. American novelist (1909-1955).
15. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
21. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
23. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
27. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
29. Inquire about.
31. The wife or widow of a czar.
33. The lean flesh of a saltwater fish found it warm waters (especially Hawaii).
34. United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918).
36. Thin-shelled freshwater mussels.
37. Uncertain of all claims to knowledge.
40. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
41. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
43. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
45. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
46. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
47. Thick cushion used as a seat.
50. A police officer who investigates crimes.
54. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
58. (archaic) The emperor of Japan.
60. A valuable timber tree of tropical South America.
61. United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941).
63. Genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas.
64. A state in north central United States.
68. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
69. The face or front of a building.
70. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
72. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
73. A bachelor's degree in religion.
76. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
77. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
78. In bed.
79. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
82. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
83. Look at with amorous intentions.
84. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
87. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
89. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
92. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
94. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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