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1. Ceremonial elegance and splendor.
5. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
9. Informal terms for money.
13. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
16. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
17. An informal term for a father.
18. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
19. 100 puls equal 1 afghani.
20. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
21. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
24. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
25. The universal time coordinated time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body.
26. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. A Hindu prince or king in India.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
33. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
36. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
40. An Asian river between China and Russia.
43. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
47. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
49. Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication.
50. Endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys.
51. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
54. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
55. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
60. In ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne.
61. The products of human creativity.
62. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
63. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
64. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
65. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
66. 100 likuta equal 1 zaire.
69. (KNO3) Used especially as a fertilizer and explosive.
72. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
74. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
76. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
81. Being in competition.
83. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
86. In captivity.
87. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
89. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
91. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
92. A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing.
93. The state of owing money.
95. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
97. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
98. Not only so, but.
99. Avatar of Vishnu.
100. English monk and scholar (672-735).
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1. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
2. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
3. The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food.
4. The ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary.
5. A public promotion of some product or service.
6. An island in the Persian Gulf.
7. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
8. A local computer network for communication between computers.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
11. A sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs.
12. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
13. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
14. Tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.
15. Appeal or request earnestly.
22. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
23. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
29. An associate degree in nursing.
30. Capital of the state of Montana.
32. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
34. Engaged in as a pastime.
35. A rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika.
37. Characteristic of the fields or country.
38. (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld in ancient mythology.
39. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
42. A warning against certain acts.
44. Behave in a certain manner.
45. Involving two dimensions.
46. Thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship.
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
52. Befitting or characteristic of a young girl.
53. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
56. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
57. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
58. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
59. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
67. A city of southwestern Russia.
68. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
70. The mistake of not following suit when able to do so.
71. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
73. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
75. Used chiefly as a direction or description in music.
76. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
77. Leafless East Indian vine.
78. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
79. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
80. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
82. A polite name for any woman.
84. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
85. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
86. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
88. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
90. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
94. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
96. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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