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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. Possessing sweep.
9. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
13. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
16. A flexible container with a single opening.
17. Designating a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000 grams of solvent.
18. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
19. An informal debt instrument.
20. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
22. (physics) Of or pertaining to a meson.
24. Capable of being acted.
26. Type genus of the Ranidae.
27. Enthusiastic approval.
28. A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia).
29. Winter aconite.
31. A region of northern France on the English Channel.
33. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
35. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
36. Robber flies.
38. Type genus of the Musaceae.
42. Used of a single unit or thing.
43. A youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s.
47. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
48. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
50. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
53. A Spanish female Gypsy.
55. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
57. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
58. The amount a salary is increased.
59. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
60. A state in northwestern North America.
61. Travel up, "We ascended the mountain".
63. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
64. A public promotion of some product or service.
67. A city of central China.
68. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
69. Made of or resembling lace.
71. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
72. 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.
74. A Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer.
75. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
76. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
79. United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981).
82. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
83. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
85. The mints.
88. A cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed.
93. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
94. Common gray wild goose of Europe.
96. The act of scanning.
97. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
98. A certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee.
100. A very light brown.
102. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
103. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
104. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
105. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
106. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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1. Little known Kamarupan languages.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
4. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
5. An adult female person (as opposed to a man).
6. Selected as the best.
7. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
8. Genus of herbs of southern United States.
9. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
10. Large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. A nettle yielding fiber resembling flax.
13. A town twenty miles east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name).
14. Of definite shape and volume.
15. Like or full of suet.
21. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
23. The housing or outer covering of something.
25. A lack of vitality.
30. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
34. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
37. (of panes of glass) Fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead.
39. Stalk of a moss capsule.
40. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
41. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
44. English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989).
45. Remove the scales from.
46. With sternness.
49. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
51. Obvious and dull.
52. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
54. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
56. The capital of Eritrea.
62. A telegram sent abroad.
65. A genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family.
66. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
68. English historian noted for his constitutional history of medieval England (1825-1901).
70. Biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root.
73. Rheumatic or myalgic pains in the arms or legs.
74. A nettle yielding fiber resembling flax.
77. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
78. Imperial moths.
80. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
81. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
82. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
84. Before noon.
86. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
87. A city in northern India.
89. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
90. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
91. God of love and erotic desire.
92. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
95. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
99. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
101. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
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