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1. Devoid or partially devoid of light or brightness.
5. A milkshake with egg in it.
13. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
17. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
18. Water containing salts.
19. An informal term for a father.
20. A member of the North American Indian people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona and Nevada and California.
21. Fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill.
22. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
23. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
26. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
28. Being nine more than ninety.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
38. Country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula.
41. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
44. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. A single splash.
47. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
48. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
53. A quantity of no importance.
54. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
55. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
56. Being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material.
57. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
58. Genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers.
61. A relation that provides the foundation for something.
62. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
64. Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air.
65. The usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant.
66. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
68. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
69. A spectator who shouts encouragement.
71. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
74. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
76. A unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean.
77. Heavy fabric that resembles velvet.
79. A primeval personification of air and breath.
81. Noisy talk.
85. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
86. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
89. Of or relating to near the ear.
91. The cry made by sheep.
92. Filled or abounding with fog or mist.
93. A Loloish language.
94. A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles.
95. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
96. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
97. The habitation of wild animals.
98. (prefix) Within.
99. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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1. Fallow deer.
2. (Roman mythology) God of love.
3. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
4. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
5. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
6. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
7. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
8. An equal exchange.
9. A genus of Accipitridae.
10. Of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times.
11. Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.
12. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
13. Outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape.
14. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
15. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
16. A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
24. An informal term for a father.
25. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
27. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
29. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
31. A disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches.
33. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
34. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
35. A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine spray.
36. (chemistry) Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures.
37. An instrument that performs analyses.
39. In bed.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. Australian moundbird.
43. Double star 15.7 light years from Earth.
46. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
49. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
50. An informal conversation.
51. A set whose members are members of another set.
52. In an irate manner.
59. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
60. Peptic hormone produced by the mucous lining of the small intestine.
63. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
67. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
70. With honey added.
72. Of or relating to punishment.
73. Based on or being a test of reading skill using the cloze procedure.
75. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
78. A chalcedony with alternating black and white bands.
80. Someone who wastes time.
82. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
83. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
84. God of love and erotic desire.
87. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
88. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
89. A state in midwestern United States.
90. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
91. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
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