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1. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
12. The number of opening per inch of a screen.
16. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
17. Type genus of the Anatidae.
18. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
19. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
20. Not only so, but.
22. In addition.
24. Having a sophisticated charm.
25. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
26. A young peafowl.
28. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
29. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
31. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
32. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
34. (Irish folklore) A female spirit who wails to warn of impending death.
39. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
42. On or toward the lee.
46. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
48. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
49. Being five more than one hundred.
50. The second largest state.
52. English cartoonist (1820-1914).
54. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
56. Paraphernalia indicative of royalty (or other high office).
58. A person active in party politics.
59. Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come.
60. Deprive of certain characteristics.
61. Australasian kingfishers.
64. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
65. Light-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars.
67. Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central and South America.
68. A quantity of no importance.
71. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
72. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
73. Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
75. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
77. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
78. 100 halers equal 1 koruna.
80. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
82. A landlocked republic in eastern Europe.
85. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
87. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
91. Highly excited.
92. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms.
95. Having a claw or claws.
97. Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers.
98. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
99. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
101. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
102. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
103. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
104. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
105. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
106. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
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1. Common Indian weaverbird.
2. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
5. A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables.
6. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
7. State in northeastern India.
8. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
9. An extreme state of adversity.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
11. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
12. (Irish) God of the sea.
13. Examination of conscience (as done daily by Jesuits).
14. Being of delicate or slender build.
15. A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength.
21. An early form of streetcar that was drawn by horses.
23. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
27. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
30. A state in New England.
33. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
35. Pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs.
36. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
37. Continuing forever or indefinitely.
38. Medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces.
40. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
41. Having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging.
44. Something to be imitated.
45. A member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila.
47. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
51. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
53. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
55. English monk and scholar (672-735).
57. (Greek mythology) A river in Hades.
62. Before noon.
63. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
66. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
69. Loss of the ability to swallow.
70. 1 species.
71. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
74. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
76. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
79. Physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925).
80. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
81. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
83. Armor plate that protects the chest.
84. The basic unit of money in Lesotho.
86. Type genus of the Nepidae.
88. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
89. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
90. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
93. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
94. Used of a single unit or thing.
96. A boy or man.
100. A public promotion of some product or service.
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