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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
9. An informal term for a father.
13. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
16. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
17. Steal goods.
18. Using speech rather than writing.
19. The month following February and preceding April.
20. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
21. Disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals.
23. Capital and largest city of Cuba.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
29. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
32. Having dropped by the force of gravity.
34. (biology) Rough to the touch.
36. A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.
38. A jurist who interprets Muslim law.
42. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
45. Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200).
46. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
47. A landlocked republic in central Europe.
51. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
52. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
54. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
55. A sultanate in northwestern Borneo.
56. A native or inhabitant of Vietnam.
58. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
60. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
61. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
62. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
63. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
66. Praise, glorify, or honor.
68. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
70. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
71. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
72. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
77. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
78. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
80. An organized body of related information.
85. Made of or easily forming flakes.
90. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
91. A genus of Apodidae.
93. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
95. The food served and eaten at one time.
96. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
97. A small cake leavened with yeast.
99. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
100. Very light colored.
101. A notable achievement.
102. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
103. The last (12th) month of the year.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. A tendril-bearing vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties.
5. Desire strongly or persistently.
6. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
7. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
8. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
9. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
10. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
11. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
14. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
15. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
22. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
24. A volcanic island republic in Melanesia.
26. Type genus of the Balaenidae.
28. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
30. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
31. Someone released on probation or on parole.
33. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
35. Of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony.
37. A river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland.
39. Open pastry filled with fruit or custard.
40. A message transmitted by telegraph.
41. Fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers.
43. Type genus of the Osmeridae.
44. United States physicist who invented the bubble chamber to study subatomic particles (born in 1926).
48. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
49. A member of an aboriginal people living in the hills in southeastern India.
50. Lower in esteem.
53. (Irish) God of love and beauty.
57. One million periods per second.
59. A person who acts and gets things done.
64. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
65. Toward the mouth or oral region.
67. That can be given a date.
68. A tendril-bearing vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties.
69. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
73. A person's brother or sister.
74. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
75. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
76. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
79. Jordan's port.
81. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
82. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
83. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
84. Footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material.
86. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
87. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
88. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
89. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
92. A slight amount or degree of difference.
94. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
98. An associate degree in nursing.
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