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1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. Flesh of a castrated male chicken.
9. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
13. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
16. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
17. Not in a state of sleep.
18. A slender double-reed instrument.
19. A rapid bustling commotion.
20. A person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child.
22. Having two faces or fronts.
24. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
25. A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee.
26. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
28. A partly sheltered anchorage.
30. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
32. Engaged in as a pastime.
35. Extremely pleasing.
37. A state of readiness to respond.
40. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
43. Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
47. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
48. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
49. An enclosed space.
50. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
53. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
54. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
56. Tie again or anew.
57. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
59. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
60. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
62. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
63. The eighth month of the civil year.
66. A unit of temperature on the Rankine scale.
68. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
69. Obvious and dull.
71. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
72. A public promotion of some product or service.
74. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
76. Have confidence or faith in.
80. A slipper that has no fitting around the heel.
82. A genus of Ploceidae.
84. Make less active or intense.
86. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
90. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
91. The small projection of a mammary gland.
95. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
96. Shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg.
97. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
99. An honorary degree in science.
100. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
101. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
102. Made of fir or pine.
103. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
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1. A line or route along which something travels or moves.
2. (Hinduism) An ascetic holy man.
3. Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
4. A chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma).
5. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
6. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
7. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
8. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
9. German chemist (1818-1892).
10. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
11. A licensed medical practitioner.
12. Someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision.
13. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
14. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
15. A youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s.
21. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
23. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
27. Before noon.
29. Be more of a rival than.
31. Lower in esteem.
33. Any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors.
34. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
36. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
38. Of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country.
39. Green foliage.
41. In ceremonial attire and paraphernalia.
42. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
44. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
45. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
46. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
51. A pointed projection.
52. A step in walking or running.
55. Wife of Balder.
58. Positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger.
61. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
64. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
65. Of or relating to or near the tarsus of the foot.
67. From fermented juice of black morello cherries.
70. Any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
73. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
75. French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857).
77. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
78. A resort city in western Florida.
79. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
81. Bringing death.
83. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
84. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
85. Cry plaintively.
87. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
88. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
89. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
92. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
93. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
94. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
95. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
98. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
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