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1. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
4. American dwarf fan palms.
9. The universal time coordinated time on board the spacecraft.
13. A cgs unit of work or energy.
16. A state of southwestern India.
17. A city in central New York.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. The basic unit of money in Romania.
20. A person who grins.
22. A rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm.
24. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
25. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
26. Lacking spirit or liveliness.
29. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869).
33. Hours or days of work in a calendar week.
37. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
38. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
39. One of the 4-year intervals between Olympic Games.
42. Being two more than ninety.
45. A choice or delicious dish.
47. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
48. Black tropical American cuckoo.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
50. Either extremity of something that has length.
52. A man participant in his own marriage ceremony.
54. A city in northwestern Syria.
56. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
58. Have in common.
60. A Russian river.
62. A strong emotion.
63. Goddess of fertility.
64. A toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles.
65. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
67. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
69. Provide with new wiring.
71. The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located).
72. Selected as the best.
73. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
75. Before noon.
79. The act of scanning.
85. A port city in southwestern Iran.
89. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
91. Marked by lack of intellectual depth.
93. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
94. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
95. Jordan's port.
96. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
97. Having leadership guidance.
98. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
99. The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.
100. A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks.
101. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
2. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
3. A person whose occupation is making and altering garments.
4. Any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects.
5. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
6. Cause a floating log to rotate by treading.
7. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
8. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
9. A Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy.
10. A native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro.
11. Become ground down or deteriorate.
12. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
13. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
14. A proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys.
15. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
21. To protect clothing.
23. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. Any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons.
28. Inability to perceive written words.
30. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
32. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
34. A speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels).
35. Large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds.
36. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
40. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
41. The friend of Phintias who pledged his life that Phintias would return (4th century BC).
43. To say or state again.
44. Made difficult or slow.
46. Give advice to.
51. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
53. A European river.
55. The greatest possible degree of something.
57. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
59. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
61. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
66. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
68. A unit of pressure.
70. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
74. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
76. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
77. Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
78. (Scotland) A landowner.
80. 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.
81. An elaborate song for solo voice.
82. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
83. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
84. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
86. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
87. In bed.
88. A quantity of no importance.
90. Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of.
92. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
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