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1. The last (12th) month of the year.
4. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
9. Goddess of fertility.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
17. A mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text.
18. A strong wind moving 45-90 knots.
19. Strike suddenly and with force.
20. Norse chieftan who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931).
22. An audiotape recording of sound.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top.
29. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
31. Make a vibrant sound, as of some birds.
32. To fix or set securely or deeply.
34. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
35. Italian lawn bowling (played on a long narrow dirt court).
37. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
39. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement.
42. Travel up, "We ascended the mountain".
45. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
50. Become less tense.
52. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
53. The floating wreckage of a ship.
55. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
59. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
60. Decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor.
61. Highly seasoned cut of smoked beef.
63. Used in or intended for inhaling.
66. North American dwarf shrub resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowers.
68. Biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions.
70. A military dictatorship in North Africa on the Mediterranean.
71. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
72. World's longest river (4187 miles).
75. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
82. Coat a metal with an oxide coat.
85. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
87. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure.
88. Edit and correct (written or printed material).
91. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
92. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
93. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
95. Type genus of the Anatidae.
96. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
97. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
98. Become ground down or deteriorate.
99. A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.
100. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
3. A pass between mountain peaks.
4. A white trivalent metallic element.
5. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
6. A family of Ural-Altaic languages.
7. In good time.
8. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
9. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
10. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
11. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
12. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
13. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
14. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
15. The capital of Western Samoa.
21. A person from whom you are descended.
23. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
24. An imperfection in a bodily system.
27. A borough of New York City.
28. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
30. The bill in a restaurant.
33. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
36. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
38. Someone who travels by raft.
40. In an alarming manner.
41. 100 tambala equal 1 Kwacha.
43. Barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions.
44. Type and sole genus of the Clethraceae.
46. Disabled in the feet or legs.
47. A person who makes use of a thing.
48. An assertion of a right (as to money or property).
51. Complacently or inanely foolish.
54. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
56. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
57. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
58. Colony of the United Kingdom located on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain.
62. A vehicle resembling a bicycle but having skis instead of wheels.
64. Wear away.
65. Oceanic sharks.
67. Cry plaintively.
69. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
73. Being nine more than forty.
74. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
76. Flexible twig of a willow tree.
77. Electric underground railway.
78. A state in New England.
79. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
80. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
81. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
83. Lacking sensation.
84. A slender double-reed instrument.
86. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
89. A fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services.
90. The sign language used in the United States.
94. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
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