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1. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
4. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
8. God of love and erotic desire.
12. Greenish-yellow pear.
16. Used of a single unit or thing.
17. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
18. A slender double-reed instrument.
19. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
20. An informal term for a father.
21. Highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era.
23. (botany) Bearing a coma.
24. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
26. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
27. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
28. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
30. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
33. A radioactive transuranic element.
39. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
42. Capital of the state of New Jersey.
45. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
46. A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago.
47. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
48. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
49. Rate of revolution of a motor.
50. A bluish shade of green.
54. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
55. American dwarf fan palms.
57. Decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor.
58. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
60. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
61. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
64. Port city on Atlantic coast.
66. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
67. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
68. A group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea.
70. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
73. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
76. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
77. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
80. Usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth.
86. Having or producing or covered with scurf.
87. Fixedness by or as if by roots.
89. Step on it.
90. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
91. Using speech rather than writing.
93. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
94. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
95. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
96. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
97. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
98. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
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1. A woman of refinement.
2. Squash bugs.
3. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
4. A sign of something about to happen.
5. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
6. (Greek mythology) God of love.
7. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
8. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
9. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
10. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
11. Of or belonging to an aecium.
12. Tall tender clumping bamboos.
13. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
14. Stalk of a moss capsule.
15. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
22. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
25. A hole through which you put your arm and where a sleeve can be attached.
29. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
31. Round flat seed of the lentil plant.
32. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
34. Make secure by lashing.
35. At or to or toward the front.
36. Someone who uses another person's words or ideas is they were his own.
37. One of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones.
38. Giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap.
40. Italian painter (1696-1770).
41. Of or relating to chaetae (setae or bristles).
43. Dutch Renaissance scholar and Roman Catholic theologian who attacked the theology of Martin Luther (1466-1536).
44. An inhabitant of ancient Thebes.
51. An honorary degree in science.
52. Avatar of Vishnu.
53. Baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables.
56. Witnessed at first hand.
59. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
62. Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929).
63. (informal) Of the highest quality.
65. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
66. Of or belonging to an aecium.
69. (North America) A ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall.
71. A state in northwestern North America.
72. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
73. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
74. Two items of the same kind.
75. A period of time spent in military service.
78. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
79. United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967).
81. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
82. An aromatic balsam.
83. An elaborate party (often outdoors).
84. A genus of Mustelidae.
85. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
88. A preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing.
92. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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