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1. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
5. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
9. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
13. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
16. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
17. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
19. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
20. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
21. Of or relating to Jamaica (the island or the country) or to its inhabitants.
24. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
26. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control.
28. The academic world.
30. Of or containing iridium.
32. Lower in esteem.
34. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
35. The income arising from land or other property.
39. A particular environment or walk of life.
41. A rosid dicot genus that includes moon carrots.
45. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
46. A tapering point.
47. A dense growth of bushes.
48. The sixth month of the civil year.
51. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
52. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
53. The back side of the neck.
54. Having two feet.
60. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
61. Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use.
63. A river in southeastern France.
65. Most important element.
66. A form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts of the queen of spades.
67. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
68. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
69. Muslim name for God.
71. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
72. 30 to 300 megahertz.
74. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means.
76. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
78. A state in northwestern North America.
79. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
80. Make less active or intense.
89. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
90. One of the three Furies.
94. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
95. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
96. Type genus of the Ranidae.
98. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
99. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
100. A mountain peak in the Saint Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high).
101. Very dark black.
102. Inquire about.
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1. Jordan's port.
2. Of a pale purple color.
3. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
4. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
5. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
6. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
7. Fallow deer.
8. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
9. Be around.
10. Omnivorous mammal of Central and South America.
11. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
12. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
13. By bad luck.
14. God of love and erotic desire.
15. A state in the western United States.
22. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
23. Desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
27. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
29. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
31. 1/10 gram.
33. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
36. Ending in a sharp point.
37. Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963).
38. Something transitory.
40. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
42. Assistance in time of difficulty.
43. (trademark) An alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
49. The month following March and preceding May.
50. Enact or perform again.
55. An honorary degree in science.
56. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
57. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
58. A thin coat of water-base paint.
59. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
62. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
64. A large bonnet that shades the face.
70. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
73. Extremely pleasing.
75. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
77. A formal expression of praise.
81. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
82. A city in northern India.
83. Avatar of Vishnu.
84. A son who has the same first name as his father.
85. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
86. The act of scanning.
87. Type genus of the Anatidae.
88. Any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel.
91. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
92. A humorous anecdote or remark.
93. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
97. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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