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1. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
4. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
9. A formal association of people with similar interests.
13. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
16. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
17. Disposed of as useless.
18. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
19. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
20. Lower in esteem.
22. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
24. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
26. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
28. Of or coming from the middle of a region or country.
30. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
32. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
34. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
35. Wild ginger.
39. 1 species.
43. English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799).
44. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
46. The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.
47. The square of a body of any size of type.
48. A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue.
50. An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up.
51. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
53. A radioactive transuranic element.
54. A person afflicted with leprosy.
55. Either extremity of something that has length.
57. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
60. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
61. Any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers.
63. A kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans.
64. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
65. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
66. The sound made by a gentle blow.
68. A Russian river.
70. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
72. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
75. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
77. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
78. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
79. (pathology) Tending to become more severe or wider in scope.
81. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
83. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
85. (of tempo) Fast n 1.
87. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
90. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
92. A state in midwestern United States.
93. State of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior.
94. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
98. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
99. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
100. (South African) A journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers).
101. An informal term for a father.
102. Large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male.
103. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
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1. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
4. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
5. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
6. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
7. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
8. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
9. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
10. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
11. Of or relating to the lips of the mouth.
12. An uproarious party.
13. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
14. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
15. (linguistics) Of speech sounds.
21. Someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound.
23. Imperial moths.
25. A resident of Alabama.
27. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
29. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
31. United States naturalist (born in England) who advocated the creation of national parks (1838-1914).
33. Crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions.
36. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
37. A covered passageway.
38. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
40. Hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo.
41. Consumer goods that are not destroyed by use.
42. The quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others.
45. Offering little or no hope.
47. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
49. A genus of Ploceidae.
52. One of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi.
56. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
58. Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.
59. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
62. Of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones.
67. Whatever happens to be available especially when offered to an unexpected guest or when brought by guests and shared by all.
68. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
69. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
70. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
71. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
73. A jaunty rhythm in music.
74. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
76. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
80. A telegram sent abroad.
82. Being eight more than fifty.
83. An associate degree in nursing.
84. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
86. A sudden short attack.
88. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
89. A primeval personification of air and breath.
91. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
95. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
96. A public promotion of some product or service.
97. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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