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1. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
4. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
8. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
12. A quantity of no importance.
16. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
17. South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers.
18. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
19. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
20. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
21. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
23. The Fate who determines the length of the thread of life.
24. United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927).
26. East Indian evergreen tree bearing very acid fruit.
28. A primeval personification of air and breath.
29. A large fleet.
30. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
32. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
35. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
41. Cause to be embarrassed.
43. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
45. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
46. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue.
51. Further or added.
53. A state in midwestern United States.
55. God of the Underworld.
56. Term of address for a man.
57. (anatomy) A somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part.
60. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
62. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
64. A French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel.
65. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines.
67. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
69. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
70. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
72. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
73. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
76. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
77. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
82. Hard ticks.
85. East Asian perennial herbs.
87. United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931).
88. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
90. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
91. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
92. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
93. The sixth month of the civil year.
95. Being three more than fifty.
97. A thin strip (wood or metal).
98. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
99. Type genus of the Ranidae.
100. Greenish-yellow pear.
101. The capital and largest city of Japan.
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1. By bad luck.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. The trail left by a person or an animal.
5. A tight embrace.
6. Jordan's port.
7. A salt of any halogen acid.
8. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
9. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
10. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
11. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
12. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
13. Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.
14. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
15. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
22. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.
25. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
27. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
31. Being nine more than ninety.
33. Situated away from the axis of any body or part.
34. Relating to or involving the stomach.
36. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
37. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
38. Being or containing or characterized by vowels.
39. Any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves.
40. Someone who strays or falls behind.
42. Fail to do something.
44. A blank leaf in the front of back of a book.
47. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
49. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
52. A genus of Platalea.
54. The state of owing money.
58. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
59. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
61. The face or front of a building.
63. 5 khoums equal 1 ouguiya.
66. Wearing or provided with clothing.
68. Lacking motor coordination.
71. A port city in southwestern Iran.
74. (botany) Relating to or attached to the axis.
75. Italian physicist after whom the volt is named.
78. Small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae.
79. A set of data arranged in rows and columns.
80. Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales.
81. An active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes.
83. The eighth month of the civil year.
84. A genus of Mustelidae.
86. Posing no difficulty.
89. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
94. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
96. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
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