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1. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
4. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
8. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
12. (Middle East) Usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling.
16. Used of a single unit or thing.
17. An elaborate song for solo voice.
18. Meat from a calf.
19. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
20. The cry made by sheep.
21. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
22. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
23. Water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs.
24. Capital of modern Macedonia.
26. A position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it.
29. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
30. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
31. The territory of Athens in ancient Greece.
33. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
35. American dramatist (1928- ).
37. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
39. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
42. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
46. The brightest star in Orion.
48. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. A group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting).
54. Make amendments to.
56. Oil palms.
58. A standard or model or pattern regarded as typical.
59. The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros.
60. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
62. Being nine more than ninety.
65. Of or relating to or characteristic of Yemen or its inhabitants.
66. Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway.
68. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
71. Of a pale purple color.
72. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
73. Tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts.
75. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
79. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
83. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
86. A light-weight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun.
88. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
89. (informal) Exceptionally good.
90. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
91. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
92. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
93. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
94. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
95. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
96. (informal) Roused to anger.
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1. A republic on the west coast of Africa.
2. Squash bugs.
3. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. A human limb.
6. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
7. One of the three prairie provinces in central Canada.
8. A genus of Indriidae.
9. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
10. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
11. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
12. Genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns.
13. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
14. A form of Japanese poetry.
15. Spiritual being attendant upon God.
25. Amphibians that resemble lizards.
27. A New England state.
28. A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects.
32. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
34. A motley assortment of things.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people.
40. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
41. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
43. A tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic.
44. A genus of Anatidae.
45. Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages.
47. Free from duties or responsibilities.
49. Marked by full consciousness or alertness.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
55. An amine containing the double bond linkage -C=C-N-.
57. On or toward the lee.
61. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
63. Distance measured in miles.
64. The player judged to be the most important to the sport.
67. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
69. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
70. Leave or unload, esp. of passengers or cargo.
74. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
76. A city in northern India.
77. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
78. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
79. An expression of greeting.
80. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
81. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
82. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
84. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
85. The residue that remains when something is burned.
87. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
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