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1. God of the earth.
4. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
9. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
13. A small amount of liquid food.
16. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
17. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
18. A man who courts a woman.
19. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
20. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style (tight bodice and narrow waist and flowing pleated skirt) that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
22. Slang for `drunk'.
25. A university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign.
26. Pluck with tweezers.
27. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
31. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
32. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
34. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
36. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
44. The fifth day of the week.
45. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
48. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
49. The capital and largest city of Norway.
52. A human female who does housework.
53. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
54. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
56. A small parachute or articulated flap to reduce the speed of an aircraft.
60. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
63. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
64. (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades.
65. English essayist (1775-1834).
67. A car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors.
68. Small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects.
71. A bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll.
73. Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed.
74. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
76. 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.
78. A Russian river.
80. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
86. The basic unit of money on Sao Tome e Principe.
89. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
91. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
93. The food served and eaten at one time.
94. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
95. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
96. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
97. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
98. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
99. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
100. Material used to daub walls.
101. The warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb.
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1. Either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush.
2. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
3. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
4. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
5. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
6. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
7. Situated in or facing or moving toward the east.
8. A lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs.
9. Formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water.
10. A city in northeastern Egypt at the head of the Gulf of Suez and at the southern end of the Suez Canal.
11. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
12. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
13. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
14. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
15. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
21. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
23. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
24. A nonmagnetic housing for a ship's compass (usually in front of the helm).
30. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
33. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
35. A person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point.
37. Reflect light or colors like an opal.
38. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
39. Deciduous shrub widely cultivated for its white or pink or red flowers.
40. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
41. N a sparse or scanty way.
42. Brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea.
46. Give over.
47. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
50. A city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande.
51. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
55. Experiencing a sudden sense of danger.
57. Favoring one person or side over another.
58. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
59. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
61. Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view.
62. A state in New England.
66. French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791).
69. (legal terminology) The Latin word for wife.
70. Bearing or marked with a label or tag.
71. Formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water.
72. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis.
73. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
75. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
77. Further or added.
79. Found along western Atlantic coast.
81. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
82. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
83. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
84. Wild goose having white adult plumage.
85. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
87. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
88. On or toward the lee.
90. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
91. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
92. A young woman making her debut into society.
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