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1. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
5. The British Duke of Marlborough and the Austrian Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the French in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession.
13. A state in the western United States.
17. Having edges that are jagged from injury.
18. New Year's Eve in Scotland.
19. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
20. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
21. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
22. God of love and erotic desire.
24. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
25. A membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord.
28. Having the head uncovered.
30. A genus of Sylviidae.
34. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
36. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835).
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
42. Not in action or at work.
44. A state in midwestern United States.
45. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. English monk and scholar (672-735).
53. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
54. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
55. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
56. Someone who engages in debate.
60. Owing or owed feudal allegiance and service.
61. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
63. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
64. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
69. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
70. Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
72. Neat and smart in appearance.
74. Mediterranean liliaceous plants.
77. Rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey.
79. The presence of a virus in the blood stream.
81. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
85. 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.
86. Provided with a worthy adversary or competitor.
88. Make lighter or brighter.
90. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
91. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
92. Young sheep.
94. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
95. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
96. Give over.
97. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
98. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
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1. A dance involving a rhythmical stamping step.
2. A person who hopes.
3. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
4. Fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill.
5. God of wealth and love.
6. Capital and largest city of Togo.
7. Armor plate that protects the chest.
8. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
9. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
10. (Sumerian) Legendary friend of Gilgamish.
11. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
12. A metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters.
13. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
14. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
15. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
16. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
27. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
29. Find repugnant.
31. A steep descent of the water of a river.
32. The cry made by sheep.
33. The face of a timepiece.
35. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
37. Of or relating to or characteristic of Guyana or its inhabitants.
38. The father of your father or mother.
40. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
41. Sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere v 1.
43. A painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book).
47. The month following February and preceding April.
48. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
49. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
50. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
52. Tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood.
57. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
58. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
59. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
62. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
65. Reduce to ashes.
66. Expected hopefully.
67. An Eskimo hut.
68. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
71. Lacking vigor or energy.
73. Rounded like an egg.
75. (of e.g. celestial bodies) Above the horizon.
76. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
78. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
80. The highest level or degree attainable.
82. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
83. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
84. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
87. Late time of life.
89. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
93. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
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