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1. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
4. The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid).
8. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
12. Make an etching of.
16. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
17. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
18. Speaking a Slavic language.
19. Denuded of leaves.
20. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
22. A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods.
24. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
25. An expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing.
27. French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of romanticism (1866-1925).
28. Arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks.
30. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
32. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
34. Hoary alyssum.
42. Outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape.
43. Snarled or stalled in complete confusion.
45. A subdivision of a larger religious group.
46. The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside.
47. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
49. Using speech rather than writing.
50. A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock.
51. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
52. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
56. Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth.
59. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
61. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.
62. Not easy.
63. Top part of an apron.
65. Gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation.
66. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
67. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
69. A long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods).
72. With rapid movements.
74. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
75. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
77. Being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or gray eyes.
79. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
83. Pitching dangerously to one side.
85. (Brit) An area of open or forested country.
88. Fallow deer.
89. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
90. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
93. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
95. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
96. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
97. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
98. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
99. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
100. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
101. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
102. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
103. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
104. A state in southeastern United States.
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1. Soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired.
2. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
3. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
4. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
5. An awkward stupid person.
6. By bad luck.
7. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
8. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
9. Great merriment.
10. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
11. Periodic maintenance on a car or machine.
12. A nonstandard form of American English spoken by some American Black people.
13. An exchange of ideas via conversation.
14. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
15. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
21. Hair resembling thatched roofing material.
23. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
26. Subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
33. A soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime.
35. A witty saying.
36. Someone who rigs.
37. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
38. The fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear.
39. Genus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers.
40. Relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean.
41. A colorless oily liquid.
44. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
48. (botany) Of or relating to or functioning as a cambium.
53. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
54. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
55. (of time) Having passed or slipped by.
57. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
58. A soft silvery metallic element.
60. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
64. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
68. Filled with a great quantity.
69. An awkward stupid person.
70. A figure of a person made of packed snow.
71. A narrow way or road.
73. An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar.
76. A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of Scotland).
77. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
78. Marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past.
80. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
81. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
82. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
84. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
86. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
87. An informal term for a father.
91. A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times.
92. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
94. A boy or man.
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