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1. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
4. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
8. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
12. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
18. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
19. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
20. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
21. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
22. Immediately past.
23. In the near future.
24. By bad luck.
26. A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.
28. Characterized by the use of period costume or fancy dress.
30. A German machine gun.
33. Sorghum having slender dry stalks and small hard grains.
35. A sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet.
37. A state in the western United States.
38. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
42. Transient cessation of respiration.
46. Noisy talk.
48. (Irish) Goddess.
49. In or to a place that is lower.
50. A master's degree in theology.
51. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
52. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
54. Upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds.
56. Attach a yoke or harness to, as of a draft animal.
59. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
60. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
61. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
62. Jordan's port.
67. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
68. Smelling of fermentation or staleness.
71. Small genus of Old World ferns.
73. Away from the mouth or oral region.
77. A small cake leavened with yeast.
80. In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child.
82. Affect with wonder.
83. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
86. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
88. A primeval personification of air and breath.
89. A bachelor's degree in theology.
90. A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.
92. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
94. Being one more than two.
95. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
96. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
97. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
98. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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1. English monk and scholar (672-735).
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
4. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
5. Type genus of the Rhamnaceae.
6. Tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
9. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
10. Bell attached to a sleigh, or to harness of horse pulling a sleigh.
11. Place in a grave or tomb.
12. The status of being born to parents who were not married.
13. In the area or vicinity.
14. Republic in northern Europe.
15. Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches.
25. A large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm.
27. Type genus of the family Mustelidae.
29. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
31. A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula.
32. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas.
34. Slow or shallow breathing.
36. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
39. (computer science) The movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk v 1.
40. (of words) Formed in imitation of a natural sound.
41. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
43. Egyptian statesman who nationalized the Suez Canal (1918-1870).
44. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
45. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
47. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
55. A benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin.
57. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
58. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
63. American mountain mint.
64. A small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart.
65. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
66. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
69. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
70. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
72. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
74. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
75. (geology) Before the appearance of life.
76. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual wear (usually in the plural).
78. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
79. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
81. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
82. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
84. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
85. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
87. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
91. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
93. A public promotion of some product or service.
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