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1. Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground.
5. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
9. The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries.
13. An enclosed space.
16. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
17. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
18. Beyond what is natural.
19. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
20. An artificial language related to Ido.
22. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
24. (law) A formal objection to an opponent's pleadings.
26. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
28. A cigar made with light-colored tobacco.
29. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
31. Of a moderate orange-yellow color.
37. A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart.
41. United States chemist who developed a method of radiocarbon dating (1908-1980).
42. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
45. On or toward the lee.
46. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people.
48. Indigo bush.
49. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
51. (used of eyes) Open and fixed as if in fear or wonder.
53. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
54. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
56. A clan identified by their kinship to a common totemic object.
57. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
58. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
59. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
60. Any plant of the genus Erica.
63. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
67. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
70. Wipe away.
72. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
76. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
78. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
80. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
84. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
88. A member of the Dravidian people living in southeastern India.
89. Free from dirt or impurities.
91. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
94. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China.
95. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
96. To an ample degree or in an ample manner.
97. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
98. A doctor's degree in education.
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1. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
2. A Russian river.
3. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
4. From 2 million to 13 million years ago.
5. The facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition.
6. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
7. A tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled.
8. The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC.
9. The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec.
10. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
11. A state in southeastern United States.
12. An infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism.
13. East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok.
14. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
15. A glancing rebound.
21. Dearly loved.
23. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
25. Relating to the Elysian Fields.
27. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
30. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
32. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
33. Characteristic of or relating to winter.
34. A group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean.
35. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
36. Similar or related in quality or character.
38. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
39. For fear that.
40. (prefix) Within.
42. One who reveals confidential information in return for money.
43. Short-nosed rat kangaroo.
44. The capital of Cameroon.
47. The greatest possible degree of something.
50. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
52. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
55. 100 tambala equal 1 Kwacha.
61. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
62. Come out into view, as from concealment.
64. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
65. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
66. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
68. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
69. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
71. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
73. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
74. Very dark black.
75. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
76. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
77. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
79. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
81. Make amends for.
82. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
83. In bed.
85. The month following August and preceding October.
86. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
87. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
90. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
92. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
93. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
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