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1. A discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder.
5. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
9. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
13. Extremely pleasing.
16. A state in the western United States.
17. An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or low-birth-weight or seriously ill newborn.
18. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
19. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
20. Move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody.
21. (Old Testament) A judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah.
23. 1 species.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. The largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port.
28. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
30. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
32. The act of catching an object with the hands.
35. Pierce with a sharp stake or point.
37. Painful from having the skin abraded.
40. Informal terms for a mother.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
43. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
44. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
45. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
46. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
48. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
53. Of or relating to Linnaeus or to the system of of taxonomic classification that he proposed.
56. A human limb.
57. A solution containing chemicals that can change the color of a photographic print.
58. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
61. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
63. Any plant of the genus Inula.
64. German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913).
65. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
66. Great in vertical dimension.
68. A rapid bustling commotion.
69. Wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite.
70. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
72. A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.
75. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
78. Pertaining to animals or animal life or action.
80. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
82. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
87. English monk and scholar (672-735).
90. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
91. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
93. Being one more than two.
94. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
95. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
97. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
98. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
99. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
100. Very dark black.
101. Deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia.
102. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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1. (of upper front teeth) Projecting outward.
2. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
3. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
5. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
6. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
7. The highest level or degree attainable.
8. A piece of cloth used for dusting.
9. A floor covering.
10. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
11. A plan for attaining a particular goal.
12. The longest division of geological time.
13. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
14. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
15. Indian physicist who with Albert Einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles.
22. Using speech rather than writing.
24. Draw in by breathing.
27. That is to say.
29. An upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling).
31. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language.
33. Of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country.
34. Irish nationalist leader (1846-1891).
36. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
38. More of the same adv.
39. Greek Cynic philosopher who rejected social conventions (circa 400-325 BC).
47. Declare invalid.
49. Any taillike structure.
50. By bad luck.
51. 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.
52. Resembling or containing slate.
54. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
55. A diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization.
59. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
60. Having been read.
62. Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit.
67. Examine by palpation for medical purposes.
68. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
71. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
73. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
74. English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679).
76. Occurring at or forming an end or termination.
77. (Babylonian) Any of a group of powerful earth spirits or genii.
79. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
81. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
83. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
84. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
85. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
86. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
87. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
88. The face of a timepiece.
89. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
92. (Babylonian) The sky god.
96. A blow that renders the opponent unconscious.
97. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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