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1. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
4. (Hinduism) An ascetic holy man.
9. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
13. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
16. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
17. A garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing.
18. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
19. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
20. Bottom-dwelling tropical rays.
22. Australasian kingfishers.
24. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
25. A thrusting blow with a knife.
26. A program for a race meeting.
29. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
30. New Zealand conifer.
31. Very dark black.
33. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
35. American novelist noted for children's books (1832-1888).
38. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
44. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
45. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
46. The act of scanning.
47. Letters and packages that are transported by aircraft.
48. At or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other.
50. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
51. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
52. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
54. (prefix) Outside or outer.
55. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
57. (usually plural) The state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound.
61. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
62. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
64. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
65. March aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation.
67. Of or in or relating to the nose.
69. A formal expression of praise.
72. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
73. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
74. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
76. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
80. Any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets.
84. Type genus of the Procaviidae.
88. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
89. So exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth.
91. A republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean.
92. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
93. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
94. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
96. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
97. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
98. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
99. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
100. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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1. Large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters.
2. Having winglike extensions.
3. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
4. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
5. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
6. A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep.
7. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
8. (sports) With hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. A person with unusual powers of foresight.
11. Ground snakes.
12. The capital and largest city of Japan.
13. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy.
14. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
15. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835).
21. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
23. Absence of the pupil in an eye.
27. Chick-pea plant.
28. Common edible European bivalve.
32. A group of countries in special alliance.
34. Thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game.
36. A flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it.
37. A proposition deducible from basic postulates.
39. (of radiate organisms) Located on the surface or end on which the mouth is situated.
40. Imperial moths.
41. Measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
49. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
53. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
56. (of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes reproduction".
58. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
59. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy.
60. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
63. A resident of Alabama.
66. A town of Denmark in north central Jutland.
68. Tropical American vine having roots that hang like cords and cylindrical fruit with a pineapple and banana flavor.
69. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
70. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
71. In bed.
75. A state in the western United States.
76. A large quantity of written matter.
77. Of or in or relating to the nose.
78. A vast multitude.
79. A town in southwestern Idaho.
81. Any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola.
82. (Sumerian) God of the air and king of the Sumerian gods.
83. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
85. A sudden short attack.
86. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
87. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
90. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
95. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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