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1. A beckoning gesture.
5. Uttering in an irritated tone.
9. A branch of the Tai languages.
13. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
16. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
17. (Norse mythology) The primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world.
18. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
21. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
23. Tested and proved useful or correct.
25. Capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape.
26. The central area of a church.
27. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
28. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
29. (Welsh) A warrior god.
30. Avatar of Vishnu.
31. A glancing rebound.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. Type genus of the Majidae.
36. Something that remunerates.
40. One of the common people.
44. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
45. A fighter who slashes.
49. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
51. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
52. Having only superficial plausibility.
53. A situation comedy.
56. Not like.
58. A step in walking or running.
59. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
61. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
64. Make automatic.
66. (of games) Engaged in.
69. Chief port of Yemen.
70. A town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River.
75. By bad luck.
78. United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956).
80. Type genus of the Gavidae.
84. A vending machine from which you can get food.
87. Having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation.
89. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
90. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
91. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations.
93. Slightly open.
94. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
95. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
96. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
97. A small cake leavened with yeast.
98. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
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1. Quick and energetic.
2. The 3rd planet from the sun.
3. Any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae.
4. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
5. Type genus of the Rynchopidae.
6. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
7. A woman who tells fortunes.
8. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
9. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
10. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
11. A pad of paper for keeping notes.
12. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
13. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
14. The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum.
15. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
22. An onerous or difficult concern.
24. An angel of the first order.
32. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
35. The supreme commander of a fleet.
37. River in eastern Asia.
38. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
39. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
41. Interpret by lipreading.
42. Proceed or issue forth, as from a source.
43. Be a signal for or a symptom of.
46. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
47. Dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut.
48. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
50. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
54. A three-tone Chadic language.
55. Rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf.
57. A large fleet.
60. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
62. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
63. An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or low-birth-weight or seriously ill newborn.
65. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
67. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
68. Drive away by crying "shoo!".
71. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
72. Be in accord.
73. Dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain.
74. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
76. The goddess of the moon.
77. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
79. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
81. Characteristic of false pride.
82. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
83. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
85. A master's degree in fine arts.
86. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
88. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
92. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
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