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1. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
4. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
8. Rounded like an egg.
12. A laborer who is obliged to do menial work.
16. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
17. Made of fir or pine.
18. Avatar of Vishnu.
19. (prefix) Within.
20. Take in solid food.
21. English Pre-Raphaelite painter (1829-1896).
23. The right to buy or sell property at an agreed price.
25. A genus of Indriidae.
27. (sometimes used ironically) A man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs).
29. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
30. An infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito.
31. Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made.
33. A state in the eastern United States.
35. Stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere.
39. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
43. Perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning.
44. Lacking excess flesh.
47. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
48. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
49. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
52. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
53. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
55. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
58. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
60. A univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene.
62. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
64. Bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia.
65. Immediately following in time or order.
67. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
68. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
70. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
71. The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid).
73. Any of a group of proteases that mediate apoptosis.
76. A clap of the hands to indicate approval.
80. Able or fit to be repeated or quoted.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
85. Small toothless anteater with prehensile tale and four-clawed forelimbs.
87. Relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind.
88. Having leadership guidance.
89. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
90. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
92. Being six more than fifty.
93. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
94. Found pleasant or attractive.
95. A small cake leavened with yeast.
96. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
97. Being one more than one.
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1. A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep.
2. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
3. Constituting the full quantity or extent.
4. The supreme commander of a fleet.
5. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
6. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
7. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
8. A city of east central Mexico (west of Veracruz).
9. Italian painter and art historian (1511-1574).
10. Before noon.
11. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
12. An Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374).
13. A town in north central Oklahoma.
14. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
15. The Fate who spins the thread of life.
22. A large fleet.
24. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
26. Capital and largest city of Cuba.
28. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
32. Slanderous defamation.
34. Late-occurring (especially with reference to symptoms of a disease).
36. Obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity.
37. Located or originating from above.
38. United States poet (1884-1933).
40. The peers of a kingdom considered as a group.
41. (logic) A self-contradiction.
42. An informal term for a father.
45. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
46. A woman's close-fitting foundation garment.
50. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
51. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,870 feet high).
54. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
56. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
57. A person from whom you are descended.
59. An honorary arts degree.
61. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
63. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
64. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
66. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
69. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
72. Of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base.
74. Short and fat.
75. A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem.
77. In bed.
78. A quantity of no importance.
79. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
81. A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.
82. Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water.
83. English essayist (1775-1834).
86. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
87. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
91. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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