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1. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. The dialect of Albanian spoken in southern Albania and in areas of Greece and Italy.
12. The noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash adv.
16. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
17. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
18. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
19. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
20. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
22. Type genus of the Otariidae.
25. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
27. Harassment especially of a tethered animal.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. Any of various small biting flies.
31. Serving as or forming a base.
34. Violent and needless disturbance.
40. An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.
42. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
44. (anatomy) A somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part.
45. The Italian region on the island of Sicily.
48. (informal) Of the highest quality.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. A genus of Malayan tree.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
55. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
57. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
59. Lower in esteem.
61. Being one more than fifty.
62. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
63. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
65. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
69. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
71. A genus of Mustelidae.
72. A flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries.
74. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
76. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
79. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
84. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
85. Historical and literary materials relating to Judaism.
87. Relating to the Andes and their inhabitants.
89. (Irish) The sea personified.
90. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
91. The brightest star in Cygnus.
93. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
94. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
95. A decree that prohibits something.
96. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
97. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
98. In or of the month preceding the present one.
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1. A Loloish language.
2. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
3. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
6. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. Covered with paving material.
9. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
11. A state in midwestern United States.
12. A defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks in 479 BC.
13. The greatest possible degree of something.
14. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
15. Sudden sharp painful emotion.
21. A genus of evergreen shrub that grows in New Zealand.
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
24. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
26. Goddess of dawn.
28. How long something has existed.
32. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
33. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
35. Characterized by friendship and good will.
36. A speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels).
37. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
38. A word that is spoken aloud.
39. Containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid.
41. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
43. A Hindu prince or king in India.
46. Make a half turn on a horse, in dressage.
47. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
51. Affect with wonder.
52. A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea.
54. The cry made by sheep.
56. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
58. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
60. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
64. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
65. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
66. A three-tone Chadic language.
67. A port city in southwestern Iran.
68. An honorary degree in science.
70. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
73. A Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India.
74. Unknown god.
75. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
77. Of or relating to or involving an area.
78. Any admirable quality or attribute.
80. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
81. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
82. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
83. Type genus of the Ranidae.
86. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
88. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
92. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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