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1. Water soaked soil.
4. Genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size.
9. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
13. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. With rapid movements.
18. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
19. A doctor's degree in education.
20. Primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue.
22. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
24. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
25. Being or coming from on high.
27. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
29. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
30. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
32. Of or relating to or characteristic of Antigua or its people.
35. A gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it).
39. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
40. A sheath worn to protect a finger.
41. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
45. A barrier that serves to enclose an area.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. Brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
52. Inquire about.
55. A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal).
57. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
58. A member of the Algonquian people formerly living the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic.
60. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
62. Jordan's port.
63. Small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull.
66. (Sumerian and Babylonian) A solar deity.
67. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
69. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
70. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
73. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
81. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
83. A contorted facial expression.
87. Black tropical American cuckoo.
88. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
89. Type genus of the Dipodidae.
91. A special way of doing something.
92. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
93. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
94. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
95. On or toward the lee.
96. A doctor's degree in education.
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1. A master's degree in library science.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. Slightly wet.
4. A motley assortment of things.
5. (of mines and mining) Worked from the exposed surface.
6. Small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or violet flowers.
7. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
8. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
10. Arm again.
11. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
12. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
13. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
14. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
15. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
21. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
23. The airforce of Great Britain.
26. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
28. A matador or one of the supporting team during a bull fight.
31. Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924).
33. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu.
34. Annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia.
36. Providing legal power or sanction.
37. Type genus of the Sciaenidae.
38. An unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes.
42. Dog fennel.
43. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
44. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
47. A very wealthy or powerful businessman.
50. The cry made by sheep.
51. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
53. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
59. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
61. A city in north central Nigeria.
64. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
65. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
68. An archaic term for a boundary.
69. Being one more than fifty.
71. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
72. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
74. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
75. The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal).
76. A quantity of no importance.
77. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
78. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
79. A Loloish language.
80. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
81. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
82. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
84. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
85. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
86. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
90. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
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