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1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. A single splash.
9. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
13. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
16. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
17. An artificial language intended for international use as an auxiliary language.
18. Toward the mouth or oral region.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
21. A Chinese puzzle consisting of a square divided into seven pieces that must be arranged to match particular designs.
23. Very small northern fish.
25. A fraudulent business scheme.
27. Recognize as being.
28. A special way of doing something.
29. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
30. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
32. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
38. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
39. Not seeking or given to association.
44. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
46. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
47. American novelist (1909-1955).
48. God of death.
50. The basic unit of money in China.
51. A tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain.
53. (prefix) Reverse of or absence of.
54. The month following March and preceding May.
56. Type genus of the Pipridae containing the typical manakins.
59. A disorderly crowd of people.
61. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
62. The middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states.
63. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
66. A shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore.
67. 1 species.
69. United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933).
71. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
74. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
76. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
77. An inland sea in northwestern Turkey.
81. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
85. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
86. (informal British usage) Aggravation or aggression.
88. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
90. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
91. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
93. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
95. Sound of something in rapid motion.
96. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
97. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
98. Become ground down or deteriorate.
99. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
100. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
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1. A bachelor's degree in library science.
2. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
3. Some point in the air.
4. The seventh and last day of the week.
5. The capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island.
6. A city in southeastern Sweden.
7. American author of inspirational adventure stories for boys.
8. A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground.
9. A member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia.
10. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
11. Made of or resembling lace.
12. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
13. A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England.
14. Walk stealthily.
15. Japanese architect (born in 1913).
22. A unit of pressure.
24. Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions.
26. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
31. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. A saucepan used for stewing.
34. An onerous or difficult concern.
35. Something hard to endure.
36. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
37. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
40. The act of catching an object with the hands.
41. The shape of a bell.
42. Amphibians that resemble lizards.
43. Any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males.
45. Found along western Atlantic coast.
49. (Welsh myth) The other world.
52. The vein in the center of a leaf.
55. Wearing or provided with clothing.
57. Very large red gum tree.
58. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
60. The Creator.
64. Indonesian statesman who seized power from Sukarno in 1967 (born in 1921).
65. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
68. Large or big relative to something else.
70. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
71. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
72. The capital of Morocco.
73. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
75. Cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders.
78. A cruel wicked and inhuman person.
79. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
80. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
82. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
83. A small cake leavened with yeast.
84. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
87. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
88. A rapid bustling commotion.
89. A human limb.
92. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
94. A state in New England.
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