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1. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
4. Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests.
9. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
13. An honorary degree in science.
16. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
17. United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931).
18. Type genus of the Anatidae.
19. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
20. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
22. Having no employment.
24. Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
26. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
27. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
28. Being one more than fifty.
30. A French abbot.
31. United States inventor of a dry-plate process of developing photographic film and of flexible film (his firm introduced roll film) and of the box camera and of a process for color photography (1854-1932).
34. Made of earth (or baked clay).
37. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
40. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. Being nine more than forty.
44. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
49. Jordan's port.
52. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
53. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
54. An inflow.
57. A local computer network for communication between computers.
58. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
59. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
61. Double in magnitude, extent, or intensity.
64. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
66. Small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail.
69. A quantity of no importance.
70. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
72. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
74. Type genus of the Juglandaceae.
76. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
80. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
83. Soft suede glove leather from goatskin.
85. Having services engaged for a fee.
86. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
90. Semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental.
91. By bad luck.
92. Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section.
94. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
95. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
96. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
97. An open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers.
98. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
99. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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1. A Loloish language.
2. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
3. An ornamental plant suitable for planting in a flowerbed.
4. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
5. An expression of greeting.
6. Small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs.
7. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
8. A tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race.
9. A decree that prohibits something.
10. An island northwest of Wales.
11. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
12. 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.
13. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
14. Baby bed with high sides.
15. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
21. Thunderous verbal attack.
23. Not out.
25. Covered with paving material.
29. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
32. A police officer who investigates crimes.
33. Structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure.
35. A city in southern Peru founded in 1540 on the site of an ancient Inca city.
36. Norse chieftan who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931).
38. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
39. Genus of tropical hardwood timber trees.
42. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
45. Smother or suppress.
46. A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo).
47. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
48. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
50. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
51. In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child.
55. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
56. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
60. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
62. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
63. Unwind or untwist.
65. Erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics.
66. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
67. One of two official languages of Norway.
68. A town in the Andes in southern Peru.
71. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
73. A colorless odorless gas used as fuel.
75. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
77. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
78. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
79. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
81. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
82. A humorous anecdote or remark.
84. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
87. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
88. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
89. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
93. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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