1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
9. The 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
13. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
16. A former French coin of low denomination.
17. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
18. Type genus of the Ranidae.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
21. An Iranian language spoken in Pakistan and Iran and Afghanistan and Russia and the Persian gulf.
23. A musical percussion instrument.
24. A tapering point.
26. So adjusted as to be appropriate or brought into harmony.
28. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
29. (Sumerian and Babylonian) A solar deity.
31. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
34. State in northeastern India.
39. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
41. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
43. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
44. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878).
50. Of or relating the the Vedas or to the ancient Sanskrit in which they were written.
51. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
54. A vertical spar for supporting sails.
55. Any orchid of the genus Oncidium.
57. 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.
58. (used of arms and legs) Bent outward with the joint away from the body.
60. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
61. Fallow deer.
62. Steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock.
64. Half the width of an em.
65. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
67. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
68. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
73. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
75. Having cusps or points.
80. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
82. A state in midwestern United States.
85. A genus of Indriidae.
86. Shaped like a pouch.
89. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
91. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
93. Lack of sight.
94. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
95. Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay.
97. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
98. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
99. A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text.
100. An incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right).

1. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
2. Italian lawn bowling (played on a long narrow dirt court).
3. Any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna.
4. United States painter born in Germany.
5. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants.
6. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
7. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
8. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
9. Soft creamy white cheese.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
12. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
13. Secured or held in place by tape.
14. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
15. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
22. Type genus of the Hylidae.
25. Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.
27. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
30. Aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet.
32. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
33. (of disease or anything resembling a disease) Constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality.
35. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
36. Subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration.
37. (trademark) A light plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter.
38. Small genus of southeastern Asian tropics.
40. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
42. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
45. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
47. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
49. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
52. (Akkadian) Mother of the gods and consort of Apsu.
53. Relating to or accompanying birth.
56. A doctor's degree in religion.
59. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
63. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
66. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
67. United States painter born in Germany.
69. Unknown god.
71. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
72. An industrial city in northwestern Ohio on Lake Erie.
74. Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.
76. Of or relating to the uvea of the eye.
77. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
78. Formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water.
79. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
80. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
81. A traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel).
83. The fur of an otter.
84. A small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins.
87. An informal conversation.
88. (prefix) Outside or outer.
90. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
92. The capital and largest city of Japan.
96. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.