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1. An orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa.
4. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
8. Large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male.
12. God of the Underworld.
16. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
18. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
19. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
20. An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar.
22. Having or given a shade of color.
24. Fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers.
25. A city in northern India.
26. Loss of the ability to swallow.
29. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
31. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
32. A fine strong sheer silky fabric made of silk or rayon or nylon.
34. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
35. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
39. The quantity a scoop will hold.
42. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
45. A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
48. Any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle.
49. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
51. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
52. Dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France.
53. 16 ounces.
55. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
56. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
57. God of wealth and love.
59. A confused multitude of things.
61. Afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement.
64. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
66. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
67. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
69. Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
70. That is to say.
71. Great brightness.
75. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
76. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
78. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
79. A unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter.
84. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
88. A genus of Cichlidae.
90. God of fire.
92. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
93. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
95. Being the only one.
97. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
98. Make or shape as with an axe.
99. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
100. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
101. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers.
3. United States baseball player (born 1925).
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement.
8. A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
9. The basic unit of money in Peru.
10. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
11. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
12. Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea.
13. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
14. Of or relating to the Isle of Man or its inhabitants or their language.
15. Showily imitative of art or artists.
21. English ballet dancer (born in 1910).
23. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
27. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
28. An associate degree in nursing.
30. 1 species.
33. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
36. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
37. Of or relating to speech sounds.
38. A group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces.
40. Relating to or resembling a carina.
41. Genus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood.
43. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
44. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
46. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
47. Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk.
50. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
54. A festival featuring African-American culture.
58. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
60. Type genus of the Lycaenidae.
62. The second largest continent.
63. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
65. (used with `of' or `with') Noticeably odorous.
68. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
72. Pass by, as of time.
73. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
74. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
77. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
80. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
81. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
82. God of love and erotic desire.
83. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
85. The sixth month of the civil year.
86. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
87. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
89. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
91. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
94. The square of a body of any size of type.
96. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
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