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1. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
4. Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405).
9. Decrease gradually or bit by bit.
13. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
16. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. Remove from memory or existence.
18. Type and only genus of the family Esocidae.
19. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. Bark rich in tannin.
22. Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659).
24. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
26. The last (12th) month of the year.
27. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
29. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
31. A politically organized body of people under a single government.
32. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
36. One of the major dialects of Old English.
39. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
40. The act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection).
44. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
45. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
46. Large genus of cactuses native to America.
48. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
51. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
52. Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods.
55. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
56. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
58. Smallest merganser and most expert diver.
59. The father of your father or mother.
62. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
63. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
64. That is to say.
65. Offering fun and gaiety.
67. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
68. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
70. A very slow movement.
72. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
76. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
77. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
79. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
80. A blind god.
81. In or to a place that is lower.
84. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
86. Extremely robust.
90. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
91. Relating to or associated with heat.
93. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
94. Noisy talk.
95. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
96. (prefix) Half or partial.
98. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
99. Black tropical American cuckoo.
100. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
101. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
102. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
5. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
6. A group of African languages in the Niger-Congo group spoken from Senegal east as far as the Ivory Coast.
7. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
8. The limits within which something can be effective.
9. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
10. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
11. Turn on or around an axis or a center.
12. Someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications.
13. Of or relating to or characteristic of Yemen or its inhabitants.
14. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
15. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
23. Completely neat and clean.
25. Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.
28. Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven.
30. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
33. A worker whose job is to repair things.
34. A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university).
35. Relating to the Lamaze method of childbirth.
37. A genus of Colubridae.
38. Wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine.
41. Covered with paving material.
42. Type genus of the Rutaceae.
43. Relating to or associated with heat.
47. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
49. Something causes misery or death.
50. In a tame manner.
53. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
54. Fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts.
57. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
60. 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha.
61. A historical region of Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.
66. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
69. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
70. Of or relating to or characteristic of Yemen or its inhabitants.
71. A member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec.
73. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
74. The segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British).
75. Of or relating to the aorta.
78. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
82. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
83. Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people).
85. A city in northwestern Syria.
87. The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
88. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
89. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
92. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
97. A state in New England.
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