1. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
4. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
9. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
13. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. Become ground down or deteriorate.
18. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ.
19. A successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball).
21. An adherent of Lamaism (Tibetan Buddhism).
23. Be against.
25. The sixth month of the civil year.
27. United States chemist noted for his theories of molecular structure (born in 1919).
29. (sport) Used of your own ground.
30. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
32. Unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America.
33. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
34. Advanced in years.
35. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
37. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
47. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
49. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
50. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
52. An unforeseen obstacle.
55. Little known Kamarupan languages.
56. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
58. The capital and largest city of Japan.
60. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
61. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
65. The superior of an abbey of monks.
67. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
69. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
70. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
71. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
72. Of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people.
74. All of the inhabitants of the earth.
78. A person who plays an organ.
81. Help as a benefactor.
85. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir and avenger of Balder.
86. Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
88. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
89. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
91. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
93. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
94. (informal) Roused to anger.
95. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
96. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
97. (informal) Of very poor quality.

1. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
2. Expressive of contempt.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
5. Using speech rather than writing.
6. A genus of bee.
7. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
8. A person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it.
9. Praise, glorify, or honor.
10. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
11. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
12. Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses.
13. Pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives.
14. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
15. Having a sharp inclination.
22. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
24. (botany) Outer tissue of bark.
26. A motley assortment of things.
28. (statistics) Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value.
31. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
36. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
38. A terrace or garden oriented to take advantage of the sun while protected from cold winds.
40. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
41. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
42. Noteworthy scarcity.
43. Placed crosswise.
45. The basic unit of money in Nicaragua.
46. (medieval legends) The nephew of King Mark of Cornwall who fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other.
48. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
51. A small tasty bit of food.
53. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
54. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
57. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
59. The face or front of a building.
62. A member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas.
63. Lacking a centromere.
64. A small tessera.
66. Unhappy in love.
68. Spanish priest who founded an order whose members became known as Dominicans or Black Friars (circa 1170-1221).
69. A genus of bee.
73. Relating to the pineal body.
75. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
76. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
77. Cause to be embarrassed.
79. Avatar of Vishnu.
80. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
82. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
83. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
84. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
87. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
90. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
92. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.