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1. A strong wind moving 45-90 knots.
5. Flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish.
13. The quantity a cask will hold.
17. The content of cognition.
18. Type genus of the Ochotonidae.
19. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
20. The capital of Croatia.
21. Having winglike extensions.
22. Lacking excess flesh.
23. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
24. Verbal abuse.
26. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
27. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
29. A diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s.
31. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
33. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
35. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
36. Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist.
38. Having the head uncovered.
40. A wind instrument.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
47. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
48. An act that exploits or victimizes someone.
50. Follower of Rastafarianism.
53. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
56. A Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed people of northern Siberia.
58. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
59. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
61. Any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads.
62. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
63. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
64. A large quantity of written matter.
66. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
69. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
70. 1/1000 gram.
71. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
73. A state in northwestern North America.
75. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
76. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
78. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
84. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
87. Located at or near the back of an animal.
89. A light touch or stroke.
90. The last (12th) month of the year.
91. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
92. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
93. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
94. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
95. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
96. A small cake leavened with yeast.
97. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
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1. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
4. Either of a pair of ear coverings (usually connected by a headband) that are worn to keep the ears warm in cold weather.
5. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
6. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
7. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
8. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
9. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
10. Memorization by repetition.
11. Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955).
12. A boy or man.
13. Italian sculptor (1500-1571).
14. Of or relating to or involving an area.
15. A vicious angry growl.
16. A republic in eastern Africa.
25. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
28. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
30. The square of a body of any size of type.
32. Wear off or die down.
34. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
37. A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.
39. Treated with some kind of application.
41. Sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or component of something.
42. The attitude that society should be governed by an elite group of individuals.
43. An Asian country under the control of China.
46. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
49. A beta-adrenergic blocking agent (trade name Corgard) that is used to treat hypertension and angina.
51. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
52. Not necessarily inaudible but not heard.
54. An honorary degree in science.
55. Again but in a new or different way.
57. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
60. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
65. 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.
66. A boy or man.
67. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
68. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
72. (a dated Briticism) A serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced.
73. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
74. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
75. A compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals.
77. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
79. God of love and erotic desire.
80. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
81. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
82. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
83. In bed.
85. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
86. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
88. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
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