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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
5. Implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion.
9. A Loloish language.
13. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
16. A three-tone Chadic language.
17. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
18. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
19. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
20. Marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact.
22. A French abbot.
24. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
26. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
27. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
28. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
29. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
30. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
32. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
33. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
36. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
38. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
39. (of handwriting, print, etc.) Able to be read.
43. A city in east-central France on the Rhone River.
46. Characteristic of rural life.
48. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
49. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
50. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
52. Pain during urination.
54. Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.
56. Male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon.
57. Little known Kamarupan languages.
58. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
60. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
61. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
62. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
64. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
67. In operation or operational.
69. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
70. Assign in incorrect name to.
72. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
74. The bill in a restaurant.
76. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
77. Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.
79. Minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root.
83. A light brown raw cane sugar from Guyana.
87. The middle portion of the brain.
89. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
90. An equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence.
92. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
93. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
94. Being three more than fifty.
96. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
97. Type genus of the Anatidae.
98. Used of a single unit or thing.
99. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
100. Tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear.
101. A quantity of no importance.
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1. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
2. The second largest state.
3. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
4. A card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker.
5. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
6. English architect (1746-1813).
7. Tree (as opposed to shrub).
8. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
9. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
10. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
11. One who works hard at boring tasks.
12. A public promotion of some product or service.
13. English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851).
14. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
15. Small fatty European fish.
21. A Spanish island in the Atlantic off the northwestern coast of Africa.
23. King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959).
25. Parasitic shrub of the eastern United States having opposite leaves and insignificant greenish flowers followed by oily dull-green olivelike fruits.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
34. Advance evidence for.
35. Serving to bring to mind.
37. Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.
40. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
41. A strong wind moving 45-90 knots.
42. A city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande.
44. Serving no useful purpose.
45. (comparative of `near') Being the one of two that is less distant in space.
47. A way of access consisting of a set of steps.
51. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
53. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
55. Continue with one's activities.
59. Of or relating to or containing balsam.
63. The amount that many barrels might hold.
64. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
65. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
66. The cry made by sheep.
68. Of or relating to the Iberian peninsula or its inhabitants.
69. English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851).
71. (Irish) The sea personified.
73. Found in warm waters of western Atlantic.
75. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
78. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy.
80. Hardened sugary exudation of various trees.
81. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
82. Squash bugs.
84. Very dark black.
85. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.
86. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
87. Unknown god.
88. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
91. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
95. A state in midwestern United States.
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