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1. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
4. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
8. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
12. A group of countries in special alliance.
16. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
18. Again but in a new or different way.
19. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
20. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
21. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
22. The officer below the master on a commercial ship.
23. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
24. One of a family of granular intrusive rocks.
26. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
29. Read anew.
30. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
32. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
33. Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air.
36. Baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables.
39. Omnivorous mammal of Central and South America.
41. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
42. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
46. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
47. A member of the North American Indian people of Arizona and adjacent Mexico and California.
49. A motley assortment of things.
51. The outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges.
56. The sacred city of Lamaism.
57. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
58. Of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream.
61. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
62. A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.
64. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
66. The craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance).
67. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
73. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
75. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
78. A resource.
80. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
83. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
87. A telegram sent abroad.
91. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
92. Humble request for help.
95. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
97. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
98. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
99. An article deposited as security.
100. The complete duration of something.
101. Having the slant of a bevel.
102. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
103. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
104. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
105. Of or being the lowest female voice.
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1. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
5. City in northeast Pakistan.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
8. A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).
9. A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables.
10. A general anesthetic (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly.
11. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
12. Divulge information or secrets.
13. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
14. The fur of an otter.
15. Cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone.
25. A very troublesome child.
27. 1 species.
28. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
31. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
34. The concentration of attention or energy on something.
35. A hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into North America and Europe and Asia.
37. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
38. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
40. Tending to promote or preserve health.
43. Run away.
44. Kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation v 1.
45. Kauri pine.
48. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
50. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
52. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
53. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
54. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
55. English monk and scholar (672-735).
59. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
60. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
63. An associate degree in nursing.
65. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
68. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
69. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
70. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
72. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
74. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
76. A state in midwestern United States.
77. An informal term for a father.
79. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
81. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
82. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
84. Money in the form of bills or coins.
85. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
86. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
88. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
89. Fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers.
90. (prefix) Within.
93. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
94. A member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana.
96. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
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