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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
5. A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture).
13. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
17. Any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers.
18. A building where prostitutes are available.
19. A narrow way or road.
20. Involving the entire earth.
22. A rock group from Liverpool who between 1962 and 1970 produced a variety of hit songs and albums (most of it written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon).
23. (nontechnical usage) A tiny piece of anything.
24. A member of a North American Plains people (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming).
26. German chemist noted for the synthetic production of ammonia (1868-1934).
27. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
28. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835).
31. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
32. A midday meal.
36. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
38. Used of a single unit or thing.
39. An associate degree in nursing.
40. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
42. A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.
46. (British) A check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed.
48. Herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers.
52. Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17).
53. Normal relaxed breathing.
56. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
59. Used of idealized country life.
61. Experiencing a sudden sense of danger.
62. Be or do something to a greater degree.
64. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
65. Being five more than one hundred.
66. (anatomy) A somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part.
67. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
69. Capital of the state of Montana.
72. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
74. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
75. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
76. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
79. An honorary arts degree.
86. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
87. Beads threaded on a string.
91. How long something has existed.
92. Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches.
93. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
94. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
95. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
96. A token that postal fees have been paid.
97. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
98. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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1. A neutral middle vowel.
2. Moderate to inferior in quality.
3. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
4. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. A kind of percoid fish.
7. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown.
8. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
9. Go or come after and bring or take back.
10. Not in good physical or mental health.
11. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
12. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
13. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
14. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
15. To come or go into.
16. Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
21. Russian country house.
25. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
29. Informal terms.
30. Offering fun and gaiety.
33. (zoology) Used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc..
34. Having short a smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum.
35. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
37. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
41. 100 lepta equal 1 drachma.
43. A person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use.
44. Conceived of or imagined or hoped for.
45. Take or catch as if in a snare or trap.
47. Having no odor.
49. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
50. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
51. Overly concerned with masculinity and male sexuality.
54. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
55. 1 species.
57. A primeval personification of air and breath.
58. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
60. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
63. A member of a Turkic people of Chinese Turkestan and neighboring areas (formerly of Mongolia and eastern Turkestan).
68. Having a saddle on or being mounted on a saddled animal.
69. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
70. Club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron.
71. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
72. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
73. A public promotion of some product or service.
77. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
78. A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.
80. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
81. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
82. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
83. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
84. A small cake leavened with yeast.
85. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
88. Take in solid food.
89. The airforce of Great Britain.
90. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
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