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1. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
4. French poet (born in Romania) who was one of the cofounders of the Dada movement (1896-1963).
9. Conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct liquids or gases.
13. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
16. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
17. The 3rd planet from the sun.
18. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
19. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
20. The residue that remains when something is burned.
21. Moving quickly and lightly.
22. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
23. The cry made by sheep.
24. Not only so, but.
26. (British) Property that provides tax income for local governments.
29. (biology) Of unlike parts or organs.
31. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
32. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
33. A light touch or stroke.
37. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
41. A public promotion of some product or service.
44. Wildly disordered.
47. Covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups.
49. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
51. (Greek mythology) King of Thebes who was unwittingly killed by his son Oedipus.
52. Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance.
53. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
56. Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.
57. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
58. Relatively deep or strong.
62. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
64. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
66. The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries.
67. A state in northwestern North America.
68. A soft silvery metallic element.
70. (British English) A small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater.
74. Wearing or provided with clothing.
75. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
76. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
80. Type genus of the Gavidae.
84. Localized scleroderma.
86. Leave voluntarily.
88. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
89. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
90. Dwell (archaic).
92. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
93. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
94. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
95. The act of scanning.
96. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
97. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
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1. African mahogany trees.
2. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
3. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
4. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
5. The capital of Croatia.
6. An elaborate song for solo voice.
7. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
8. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
9. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
10. (sports) With hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level.
11. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
12. Late time of life.
13. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
14. The process of leaching.
15. Visionary British poet (1757-1827).
25. Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
28. Ground snakes.
30. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
34. Offering fun and gaiety.
35. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
36. A district of Manhattan.
38. Narrow platform.
39. Constituting the full quantity or extent.
40. A person who lacks good judgment.
42. Used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge.
43. The process of wasting.
45. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
46. Covered or protected with or as if with a case.
48. A complex polymer.
50. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
54. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
55. 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.
59. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
60. Type genus of the family Tridacnidae.
61. Jordan's port.
63. Tropical evergreen trees or shrubs.
64. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
65. Jordan's port.
69. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
71. Used of hooves.
72. A major waterfall in southern Africa.
73. Type genus of the family Paridae.
77. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
78. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
79. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
81. Characteristic of false pride.
82. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
83. Beside one another in a row or rank.
85. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
87. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
91. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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