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1. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
4. (Japanese) Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed.
9. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
13. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
17. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
18. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
19. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
20. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
21. Cross the road at a red light.
22. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
24. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
26. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
27. A person who commits larceny.
29. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
31. Suggestive of the supernatural.
33. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
34. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
35. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
36. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
40. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
42. Align anew or better.
47. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
49. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
50. A republic in northeastern South America.
51. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
52. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
54. The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves).
55. A public promotion of some product or service.
56. A borough of New York City.
60. An informal term for a youth or man.
63. Someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold.
65. A chalcedony with alternating black and white bands.
66. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
69. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids.
70. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
71. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
74. A river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea.
75. Half the width of an em.
76. A landlocked republic in central Africa.
79. A reason for wanting something done.
81. The overhang at the lower edge of a roof.
84. Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so.
87. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
91. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
94. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
96. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
97. An Eskimo hut.
98. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
100. The face of a timepiece.
101. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
102. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
103. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
104. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
105. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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1. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
2. A genus of Ploceidae.
3. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
4. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
5. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
6. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
7. The hole that an anchor rope passes through.
8. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
9. A slight suggestion.
10. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
11. Little known Kamarupan languages.
12. A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound.
13. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
14. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
15. The sixth month of the civil year.
23. In an unnatural eery manner.
25. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
28. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
30. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
32. A sudden short attack.
37. Low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea.
38. A group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution.
39. A corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation.
41. A large edible clam found burrowing deeply in sandy mud along the Pacific coast of North America.
43. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
44. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
45. Rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail.
46. A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas.
48. A state in northwestern North America.
53. California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers.
57. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
58. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
59. A performer (or composer) of rock music.
61. Noisy talk.
62. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
64. Physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity.
67. Exercising caution or showing care or attention.
68. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
72. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
73. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
77. 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.
78. (archaic) Of persons.
80. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
82. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
83. A sails-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere near Carina.
85. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
86. A quantity of no importance.
88. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
89. American novelist (1909-1955).
90. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
92. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
93. Late time of life.
95. (British) Your grandmother.
99. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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