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1. Go "ding dong", like a bell.
5. (informal) Exceptionally good.
9. The noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash adv.
13. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
16. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
17. The capital of Western Samoa.
18. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
19. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
20. Covered with paving material.
21. A tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects.
23. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
24. A primeval personification of air and breath.
26. Jordan's port.
28. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
31. French painter and exponent of Fauvism (1880-1954).
33. State in northeastern India.
36. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
38. A ludicrously false statement.
42. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
45. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars supported on uprights.
46. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
47. How long something has existed.
48. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
50. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
52. 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.
55. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
56. A family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes.
59. Of or relating to alga.
62. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
63. The Fate who cuts the thread of life.
65. (prefix) Within.
68. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style (tight bodice and narrow waist and flowing pleated skirt) that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
69. A hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia.
72. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
74. Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches.
80. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
85. Any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh.
88. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
90. A doctor's degree in education.
91. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
92. Hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed.
93. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
94. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
95. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
96. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
97. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
98. (British) Your grandmother.
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1. Fallow deer.
2. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
3. Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance.
4. The father of your father or mother.
5. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
6. Rate of revolution of a motor.
7. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
8. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
9. An innocuous or inert medication.
10. Type genus of the Luvaridae.
11. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
12. An Anatolian language.
13. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
14. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
15. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
22. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
25. Firmly fastened or secured against opening.
27. Having knobs.
29. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
30. Small creeping evergreen shrubs.
32. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
34. A member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States.
35. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
37. A New England state.
39. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
41. Surpassing what is common or usual or expected.
43. Leisure time away from work.
44. The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the urinary tract or urogenital system.
49. A Russian river.
51. A cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points.
53. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
54. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
57. (prefix) Outside or outer.
58. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
60. A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix.
61. An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or low-birth-weight or seriously ill newborn.
64. An island of central Hawaii.
66. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
67. A light touch or stroke.
70. (used informally) Completely unclothed.
71. A strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp.
73. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
75. In bed.
76. Set down according to a plan.
77. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
78. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
79. (trademark) An antacid.
81. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
82. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
83. Chief port of Yemen.
86. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
87. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
89. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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