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1. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
4. (Babylonian) Consort of Anu.
9. A city in northwestern Syria.
13. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
16. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
17. A strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles.
18. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
19. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
20. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
21. Jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds.
23. The face or front of a building.
25. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
27. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
28. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
29. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
30. Having winglike extensions.
36. Suffering from abulia.
43. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
44. An island northwest of Wales.
45. (of racket strokes) Made with palm facing direction of stroke.
48. A Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer.
49. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
51. An Asian country under the control of China.
52. The third canonical hour.
53. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
54. Place or set apart.
56. (British) Diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines (from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle)).
57. Having a belly.
60. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
61. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
62. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
63. Small and elegant.
66. Inflammation of the ileum.
69. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
72. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
75. Enthusiastic approval.
77. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
78. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
79. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
80. A resident of Iowa.
84. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
85. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
89. (Norse mythology) Wife of Thor and guardian of the home.
90. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
91. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
93. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
94. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
95. Agitation resulting from active worry.
96. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
97. A notable achievement.
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1. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
2. God of wealth and love.
3. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
4. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
5. A small drink of liquor.
6. The capital and largest city of Iran.
7. Of or relating to the uvea of the eye.
8. Small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit.
9. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
10. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
11. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
12. Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
13. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
14. An informal term for a father.
15. (Judaism) Not conforming to dietary laws.
22. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
24. Covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specified.
26. Informal terms for money.
31. Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness.
32. A horse bred for racing.
33. A short amusing opera.
34. Sottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721).
35. Broadcast via television.
37. A military aircraft that drops bombs during flight.
38. (usually followed by `to') Not having the necessary means or skill or know-how.
39. A radioactive transuranic element.
40. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
41. Sorghum having slender dry stalks and small hard grains.
42. An island of central Hawaii.
46. Add oxygen to or combine with oxygen.
47. The second larges of the four main islands of Japan.
50. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
55. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
58. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
59. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
64. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
65. Treated with oil.
67. Suggestive of the supernatural.
68. Uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting.
69. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
70. A tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave.
71. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
73. Declare or acknowledge to be true.
74. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
76. Lower in esteem.
77. How long something has existed.
81. Articles of the same kind or material.
82. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
83. A condition requiring relief.
86. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
87. How long something has existed.
88. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
92. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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