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1. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
4. Affect with wonder.
9. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
13. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. An oil port in southern Iraq.
18. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
19. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
20. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
22. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
24. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
25. A tube with a small bowl at one end.
26. Used in some especially older classifications.
28. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
29. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
30. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
31. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
33. A state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness.
36. Deeply moved.
39. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
41. A port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula.
45. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
46. The beginning or early stages.
49. Ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water.
50. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
52. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
53. A person afflicted with psychosis.
57. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
60. Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion.
61. A long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall).
62. Valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves.
63. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
65. A title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority.
66. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
67. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
70. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
71. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
72. A large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation.
74. (informal) Exceptionally good.
76. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
78. Run faster than.
80. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
84. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
87. (of farmland) Capable of being farmed productively.
89. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
90. A human limb.
94. Extremely pleasing.
95. God of wealth and love.
96. The food served and eaten at one time.
98. A decree that prohibits something.
99. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
100. God of blame and mockery.
101. A small cake leavened with yeast.
102. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A town in southwestern Idaho.
2. Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell.
3. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
4. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
5. Covered with paving material.
6. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
7. A lustrous gray strong metallic element resembling titanium.
8. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
9. A member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey.
10. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
11. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
12. A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity.
13. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
14. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
15. A large quantity of written matter.
21. An organism especially a bacterium that requires air or free oxygen for life.
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
27. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
29. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
32. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
34. A dog trained to guard property.
35. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
37. Heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a gray-and-black body and reddish head.
38. Someone who is being trained.
40. A tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels.
42. An official at a baseball game.
43. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
44. United States baseball player (born in 1931).
47. A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun.
48. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
51. Type genus of the Gavidae.
54. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
55. A public promotion of some product or service.
56. Relating to or affecting the viscera.
58. A town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River.
59. A light touch or stroke.
64. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
68. The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac.
69. Chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching.
70. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
73. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
75. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
77. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
79. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
80. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
81. Jordan's port.
82. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
83. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
85. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
86. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
88. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
91. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
92. A branch of the Tai languages.
93. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
97. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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