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1. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
9. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
13. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
16. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
17. In bed.
18. On or toward the lee.
19. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
20. A town in southern Minnesota.
22. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
24. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
25. Apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat.
26. A Nilotic language.
28. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
30. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
41. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
44. A long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat.
46. A feeling of intense anger.
47. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
49. Staying temporarily.
50. Extremely robust.
51. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
52. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
54. Type genus of the family Lepadidae.
56. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
57. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
58. Hair resembling thatched roofing material.
60. A horse used to set the pace in racing.
62. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
64. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
65. cause to accept or become hardened to.
66. Black tropical American cuckoo.
67. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
68. Corresponding exactly.
70. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
71. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
73. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
74. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Songhai people in Mali and Niger.
78. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
79. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
89. Animal food for browsing or grazing.
91. A port city in southwestern Iran.
93. The act of drawing or hauling something.
94. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
95. A French abbot.
97. Type genus of the Ranidae.
98. An Eskimo hut.
99. Having leadership guidance.
100. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
101. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
102. Being the only one.
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1. A small band of jazz musicians.
2. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
3. A seaport in northwestern Italy.
4. Port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan.
5. Moderate or restrain.
6. Little known Kamarupan languages.
7. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
8. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
9. South African term for `boss'.
10. Greek lyric poet of Lesbos.
11. Tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
12. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
13. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
21. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
29. The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.
31. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
33. The site of an archeological exploration.
34. Moving or progressing very slowly or laboriously especially by or as if by dragging the body along close to the ground.
35. Related to or derived from the people or culture of Spain.
36. Type genus of the family Astacidae.
38. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
39. An intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs.
40. A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living between Lake Michigan and Lake Superior.
42. Take hold of.
43. A large fleet.
45. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
48. Perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads.
53. Virus parasitic in bacteria.
55. A thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body.
59. A genus of Cichlidae.
61. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
63. Imprudently incurring risk.
69. Kauri pine.
70. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
72. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
75. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
76. Fed beyond capacity or desire.
77. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
80. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
81. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
82. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
83. A Russian river.
84. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
85. Type genus of the Anatidae.
86. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
87. (law) Lacking any legal or binding force.
88. Cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive.
90. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
92. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
96. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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