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1. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
4. Elk or moose.
9. (Norse mythology) Trickster.
13. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
18. An infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages.
19. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
20. The father of your father or mother.
22. Without moral standards or principles.
24. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
25. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
26. A Japanese supervisor.
28. (comparative of `near') Being the one of two that is less distant in space.
30. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
32. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
34. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
35. A student enrolled in (or graduated from) Eton College.
38. A woman's large folded hooped hood.
40. Large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. A hard gary-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite.
50. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
51. A city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan.
53. Any of several large shaggy-maned humped bovids having large heads and short horns.
54. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
60. In bed.
61. A tributary of the Missouri River.
63. Type genus of the Anatidae.
64. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
65. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
66. Tall tender clumping bamboos.
70. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
72. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
73. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
74. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
75. A city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea.
78. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
82. Of or relating to or involving an area.
83. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
85. A mass of undifferentiated cells from with an organ or body part develops.
89. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
91. (archaic) Strict and severe.
93. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
94. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
95. Not only so, but.
97. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
98. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
99. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
100. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
101. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
102. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
103. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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1. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
2. Found on a farm.
3. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
4. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
5. A tumor consisting of fatty tissue.
6. Writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing.
7. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
8. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
9. Evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalaya.
10. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
11. A festival featuring African-American culture.
12. A small island.
13. A genus of Pyralidae.
14. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
15. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
21. The convent of a community of nuns.
23. Flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
29. Loss of the ability to swallow.
31. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
33. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
36. Type genus of the Timaliidae.
37. Look down on.
39. A thrusting blow with a knife.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. Used of a single unit or thing.
44. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
45. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
46. A Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon.
48. A Bantu language spoken in southern coastal Tanzania.
49. Metal shackles.
52. Covered with scabs.
55. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
56. Avatar of Vishnu.
57. An intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls.
58. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
59. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
62. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
67. Accord or comport with.
68. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
69. A flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it.
70. A genus of Pyralidae.
71. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
76. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
77. A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
79. Lower in esteem.
80. The act of swimming.
81. Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784).
82. A young woman making her debut into society.
84. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
86. A salt deposit that animals regularly lick.
87. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
88. A French abbot.
90. A young woman making her debut into society.
91. In operation or operational.
92. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
93. A state in midwestern United States.
96. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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