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1. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
4. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
13. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. Very attentive or observant.
18. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
19. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
20. Soft creamy white cheese.
22. Declare formally.
25. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements.
27. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai).
28. Of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure.
30. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
31. (combining form) Having a throat as specified.
32. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
33. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
36. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
40. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
47. Having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy.
48. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941).
50. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
51. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
52. (Assyrian) God of storms and wind.
53. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
54. United States labor leader who was the first president of the AFL-CIO (1894-1980).
55. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
56. An active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes.
58. (Irish) The sea personified.
59. The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.
62. A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
64. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
66. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
67. An ester of carbamic acid.
69. A port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic.
71. French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791).
75. Intense feelings of suffering.
76. Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin.
80. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
84. A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts.
88. A boy or man.
89. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
91. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
93. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
94. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
95. Jordan's port.
96. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
97. God of the underworld.
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1. The capital of Morocco.
2. The 3rd planet from the sun.
3. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
4. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
5. Any high mountain.
6. Delicately iridescent thimble-shaped ctenophores.
7. Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other.
8. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
9. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
10. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
11. A large fleet.
12. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. A small cake leavened with yeast.
15. A human female who does housework.
21. The outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue.
23. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
24. A contorted facial expression.
26. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
29. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
34. Foot pain.
35. Cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters.
37. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
38. King of Sparta and hero of the battle of Thermopylae where is was killed by the Persians (died in 480 BC).
39. Woody climbers of tropical Asia to Australia.
41. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
42. Small turnover of Indian origin filled with vegetables or meat and fried and served hot.
43. A person forced to flee from home or country.
44. A sails-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere near Carina.
45. Narrow and long and pointed.
46. A traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat.
49. A person who passes by casually or by chance.
57. Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784).
60. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
61. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown.
63. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
65. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
66. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
68. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
70. A resource.
72. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
73. Relating to or characteristic of people of Rome.
74. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
77. English essayist (1775-1834).
78. A state in New England.
79. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
80. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
81. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
82. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
83. Type genus of the Apidae.
85. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
86. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
87. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
90. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
92. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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