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1. A very small circular shape.
4. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
8. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
12. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
16. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
17. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
18. Unusually short.
19. An elaborate song for solo voice.
20. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
22. A long lace for fastening boots.
24. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
25. Muslim name for God.
26. Humble request for help.
28. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
30. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
32. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
38. A thick sweet sticky liquid.
42. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
43. Conforming to truth.
46. A polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables.
47. A nitrogen-containing base found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine.
50. One of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief.
53. The lean flesh of a saltwater fish found it warm waters (especially Hawaii).
55. A state in New England.
56. (New Testament) The Apostle closely associated with St Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel.
57. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
58. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
61. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
63. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
65. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
66. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
67. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. Not in action or at work.
72. A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature.
74. A public promotion of some product or service.
76. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
78. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
79. A group of countries in special alliance.
80. A large number or amount.
82. Made of fir or pine.
85. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
88. Minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella.
90. The vein in the center of a leaf.
93. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
94. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
95. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
97. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
98. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
99. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
100. Not only so, but.
101. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
102. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
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1. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. A gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid.
4. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
5. A light touch or stroke.
6. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense.
7. Any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola.
8. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
9. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
10. Hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan.
11. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
12. Genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs.
13. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
14. (British) A check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed.
15. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
21. Italian poet considered the national poet of modern Italy (1835-1907).
23. Australian evergreen shrubs.
27. A member of a North American Indian people of southeastern California and northwestern Mexico.
29. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
31. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
33. A picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene.
34. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
35. The quantity that can be held in the lap.
36. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
37. Grant credentials to.
39. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
40. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
41. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
44. Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge.
45. (prefix) Within.
48. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
49. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
51. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel.
52. A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent.
54. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
59. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
60. A state in southeastern United States.
62. Having spots or patches of color.
63. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
64. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
68. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
69. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
71. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
73. A card game for 2 players.
75. A tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game.
77. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
78. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
81. A city in northern India.
83. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
84. The template for protein synthesis.
86. The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
87. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
89. A negative.
91. 10 grams.
92. The cry made by sheep.
96. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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