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1. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
4. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
8. The act of swimming.
12. (informal) Elegant and fashionable.
16. An accidental happening.
17. The mother of Jesus.
18. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
19. 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.
20. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
21. East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan.
23. A respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer.
24. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
26. Chief god of the Rig-Veda.
28. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
29. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
31. A state in the western United States.
33. Humorously vulgar.
36. A group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea.
38. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
41. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
44. A beautiful and graceful girl.
47. A bachelor's degree in science.
50. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
51. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
55. Being one more than one hundred.
57. Formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy.
59. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
60. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
64. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
66. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
67. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
68. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
71. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
72. A strong positive emotion of regard and affection.
73. Desire strongly or persistently.
75. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
77. Hungarian playwright (1878-1952).
79. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
81. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
84. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
85. A member of a social and cultural elite especially a descendant of an Old New England family.
88. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
90. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
94. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
95. Tropical Asian starlings.
98. A painful sore with a hard pus-filled core.
100. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
101. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
102. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
103. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
104. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
105. A light touch or stroke.
106. The form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation.
107. (aeronautical) Pertaining to the tail section of a plane.
108. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. Hit hard.
2. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. The dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear.
5. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
6. (trademark) An acrylic fiber or the lightweight crease-resistant fabric made with Orlon yarns.
7. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
8. American suffragist and feminist.
9. A Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon.
10. Being nine more than forty.
11. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
12. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
13. Edible viscera of a butchered animal.
14. The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack.
15. King of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC).
22. Perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere.
25. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
27. Deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. A family of birds of the suborder Oscines.
35. The capital of Switzerland.
37. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
39. The leg from the knee to foot.
40. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
42. Epithet of Siva.
43. An officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations.
45. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
46. The 4th planet from the sun.
48. An enclosed space.
49. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
52. The father of your father or mother.
53. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
54. A plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system.
56. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
62. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
63. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
65. A humming noise.
69. A city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal.
70. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
74. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
75. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
76. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
78. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
80. The amount a salary is increased.
82. The capital of Morocco.
83. Type genus of the Phocidae.
84. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
86. Avatar of Vishnu.
87. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
89. Being three more than fifty.
91. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
92. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
93. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
96. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
97. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
98. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds.
99. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
100. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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