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1. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
5. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
9. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
13. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
16. In or of the present month.
17. The sixth month of the civil year.
18. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
19. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
20. Type genus of the Rutaceae.
21. A member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria.
23. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
25. Very attentive or observant.
27. A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.
28. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
29. Italian poet considered the national poet of modern Italy (1835-1907).
32. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
34. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an analgesic and antipyretic.
35. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
37. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
39. Not equal in amount.
45. A flask for carrying water.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
53. Without qualification.
56. Cut the head of.
58. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
59. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
60. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
61. A hard copal derived from an African tree.
63. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
65. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
66. A minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language.
68. Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government.
70. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
71. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
75. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
81. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
84. Of or relating to alga.
85. Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being.
87. A quantity of no importance.
88. A passage with access only at one end.
89. Any compound containing the group -C=NOH.
91. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
93. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
94. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
95. A colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts.
96. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
97. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
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1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. Any plant of the genus Inula.
3. Stern foremost or backward.
4. A dreamy romantic or sentimental quality.
5. Something that remunerates.
6. A rapid bustling commotion.
7. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
8. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
9. A genus of Paridae.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
12. Flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point.
13. An American follower of the Mennonite Bishop Amman.
14. The recipient of funds or other benefits.
15. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
22. Found along western Atlantic coast.
24. Bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins.
26. Uncastrated adult male sheep.
30. Bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table.
31. Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
33. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
38. Music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano).
40. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells.
41. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
42. A bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt.
43. Small creatures resembling pieces of fuzzy rope.
44. Take the initiative and go on the offensive.
46. Water snakes.
47. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. Covered with paving material.
52. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
54. Small Old and New World herons.
55. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
57. Lying toward or situated in the east.
62. An antibiotic (trade name Nebcin) that is especially effective against gram-negative bacteria.
64. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
67. (trademark) An antacid.
69. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
72. American poet (born in England) (1907-1973).
73. A ski run densely packed with snow.
74. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
75. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
76. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
77. An Eskimo hut.
78. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
79. Black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail.
80. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
82. Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910).
83. Fill to satisfaction.
86. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
90. A colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts.
92. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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