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1. A passage with access only at one end.
4. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
9. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
13. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
16. (Babylonian) The sky god.
17. Enthusiastic approval.
18. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
19. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
20. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
21. A port and tourist center in southwestern Italy.
23. The cry made by sheep.
24. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
25. A cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred).
27. (formerly) A writing tablet made of slate.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. (prefix) Half or partial.
33. Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil.
34. Country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula.
36. A medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists.
38. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
40. Italian lawn bowling (played on a long narrow dirt court).
43. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
44. Half the width of an em.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
48. Of or relating to the cast-off skins or cuticles of various animals.
53. The capital of Western Samoa.
55. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
56. A member of an aboriginal people living in the hills in southeastern India.
59. Inhabitant of the island of Cebu.
60. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
62. Shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg.
64. A unit of pressure.
65. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
67. Appeal or request earnestly.
69. A state in midwestern United States.
70. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
71. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
72. An area that includes seats for several people.
74. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
79. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
83. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
87. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
88. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
90. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves.
91. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
92. A commercial city in northern Japan on western Hokkaido.
95. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
97. One millionth of a gram.
98. Clean with one's bill, of birds.
99. Urged social reform in 19th century England.
101. The bill in a restaurant.
102. Something that remunerates.
103. The capital and largest city of Japan.
104. An informal term for a father.
105. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
2. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
3. United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956).
4. A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living between Lake Michigan and Lake Superior.
5. Of or related to a musical scale.
6. Any high mountain.
7. Chiefly Old World herbs or shrubs.
8. A studio especially for an artist or designer.
9. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
10. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
11. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
12. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
13. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
14. A small cake leavened with yeast.
15. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
22. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
26. A city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva.
28. (Norse mythology) God of war and strife and son of Odin.
30. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
35. One million periods per second.
37. A tranquilizer (trade name Loxitane) used to treat schizophrenia.
39. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
41. An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.
42. Of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture.
45. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
49. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
50. A city in northeastern Ohio.
51. A friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind.
52. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
54. Of the insects in the chrysalis (cocoon) or post larval stage.
57. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
58. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
61. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
63. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
66. A long narrow excavation in the earth.
68. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort).
73. Used especially of timbers or boards.
75. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
76. A motorbike that can be pedaled or driven by a low-powered gasoline engine.
77. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
78. A large number of things or people considered together.
79. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
80. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
81. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
82. Jordan's port.
84. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
85. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
86. Catch sight of.
89. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
93. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
94. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
96. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
100. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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