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1. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
4. Informal terms for a mother.
9. Loose or flaccid body fat.
13. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
16. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
17. Either of two muscles of the abdomen and pelvis that flex the trunk and rotate the thigh.
18. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
19. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
20. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
21. A small railroad car propelled by hand or by a small motor.
23. Softened by the addition of cushions or padding.
25. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
27. A region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea.
29. Of a light grayish-brown color n.
30. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
31. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
36. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
38. Covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
44. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
50. The money risked on a gamble.
51. Characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is.
53. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
55. A state in New England.
56. A flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents.
59. Chief port of Yemen.
60. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
61. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
62. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
64. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
66. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
68. Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
69. Used of locations.
70. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
72. Be a hindrance or obstacle to.
74. A city in the European part of Russia.
75. An uproarious party.
76. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
77. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
80. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
83. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
85. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
87. The brightest star in the sky.
91. An ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle.
95. Food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again.
96. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
98. Make soiled, filthy, or dirty.
100. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
101. A genus of Indriidae.
102. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
104. An associate degree in applied science.
105. (informal) Roused to anger.
106. An island of central Hawaii.
107. A small cake leavened with yeast.
108. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A republic on the west coast of Africa.
2. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
3. Move or stir about violently.
4. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
5. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
6. Brilliantly colored south Asian pheasant.
7. An unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices.
8. Travel up, "We ascended the mountain".
9. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
10. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
11. Any high mountain.
12. Divulge information or secrets.
13. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
14. A small amount of residue.
15. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
22. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
24. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
26. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. Greek lyric poet of Lesbos.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. A Spanish island in the Atlantic off the northwestern coast of Africa.
41. Relating to or being a member of an ethnic group.
43. A sultanate in northwestern Borneo.
45. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
46. (archaic) Of persons.
47. An infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito.
48. Silver-coated candy bead for decorating cakes.
49. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
52. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
54. Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven.
57. (of plants or trees) Having the top or outer parts cut off.
58. A genus of Ploceidae.
60. The 2nd longest European river.
63. Slightly wet.
65. (informal) Of the highest quality.
67. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
71. Prevent from being seen or discovered.
72. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
73. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
78. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
79. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
81. Any taillike structure.
82. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
84. The cry made by sheep.
86. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
88. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
89. Lacking excess flesh.
90. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
91. Either extremity of something that has length.
92. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
93. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
94. Flat tableland with steep edges.
97. Being one more than two.
99. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
103. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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