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1. Having an oblique or slanting direction or position.
5. A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri hills of southern India.
9. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
13. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
16. (prefix) Within.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. Wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite.
19. An enclosed space.
20. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
21. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
24. Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees.
25. Any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae.
28. Any competition.
29. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
30. Type genus of the Nepidae.
31. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
38. English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882).
40. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
41. An inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Colombia.
43. Remove gas from.
47. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
48. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
49. Common genus of marine bubble shells of the Pacific coast of North America.
51. Remove from memory or existence.
54. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
56. A flag that shows its nationality.
57. A superior grade of black tea.
60. Tropical Asian starlings.
61. A fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance).
62. A motley assortment of things.
63. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
64. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
69. Matter that remains after something has been removed.
72. Put down by force or intimidation.
75. (biology) Having or resembling wings.
79. Make less active or intense.
82. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
84. A region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian `boot').
85. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
86. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
89. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
91. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
92. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
93. Very dark black.
94. Having relatively few calories.
95. A specific size and style of type within a type family.
96. The residue that remains when something is burned.
97. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
98. A notable achievement.
99. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
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1. Rectangular paving stone with curved top.
2. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
3. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
4. Container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing).
5. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
6. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
7. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
8. Little known Kamarupan languages.
9. With rapid movements.
10. Ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles.
11. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
12. A Mid-Atlantic state.
13. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
14. Farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle).
15. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
22. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
23. In a brazen manner.
26. A large number or amount.
27. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
33. Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs.
34. (classical mythology) A hero noted for his strength.
36. A piece of cloth used for dusting.
37. Call before a court to answer an indictment.
39. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
42. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
44. A variety of albatross with black feet.
45. Expose to fresh air, as of old clothing.
46. A square dance figure.
50. One million periods per second.
52. A musician who performs a solo.
53. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
55. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
58. Cooked by frying in fat.
59. 1/10 gram.
65. A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments).
66. A highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians.
67. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
68. Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop.
69. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
70. A person who fights duels.
71. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
73. become turned or set on end.
74. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
76. Edible bulb of an onion plant.
77. Showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness.
78. Cuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain (1853-1895).
80. South African term for `boss'.
81. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
83. Young of domestic cattle.
84. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
87. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
88. An argument opposed to a proposal.
90. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
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