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1. Informal terms for the mouth.
4. Find repugnant.
9. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
13. The seventh and last day of the week.
16. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
17. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
18. A humorous anecdote or remark.
19. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
20. Any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes.
22. A way of access consisting of a set of steps.
24. A rapid bustling commotion.
25. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
26. Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii).
27. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
28. Being one more than one.
29. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. Perennial plants resembling yucca.
38. A hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females.
42. Rounded like an egg.
43. A successful ending of a struggle or contest.
47. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
48. A member of the working class (not necessarily employed).
49. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
50. A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim.
53. A river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea.
54. A language spoken by a Malaysian people on Formosa.
56. One of a pair of small metallic cymbals worn on the thumb and middle finger.
58. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
59. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
60. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
63. Jordan's port.
65. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
67. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
69. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
70. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
72. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
73. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
77. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
80. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
86. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
88. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
90. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
91. Not reflecting light.
92. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
93. In bed.
94. Either extremity of something that has length.
95. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
96. The act of scanning.
97. A ridge of sand created by the wind.
98. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
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1. River in eastern Asia.
2. Similar or related in quality or character.
3. An insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult.
4. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
5. An ornamental basin (usually in a garden) for birds to bathe in.
6. The capital city of Vietnam.
7. In operation or operational.
8. Uttering in an irritated tone.
9. A genus of Platalea.
10. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
11. The month following March and preceding May.
12. Flat tableland with steep edges.
13. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
14. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
15. A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico.
21. In a futile and unproductive manner.
23. Vacuum flask that preserves temperature of hot or cold drinks.
28. Third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964).
30. An associate degree in nursing.
32. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
34. Catch up with and possibly overtake.
35. The mints.
36. English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971).
37. Relating to or used in chemistry.
39. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
40. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
41. Someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding.
44. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
45. A public square with room for pedestrians.
46. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
51. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
52. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
55. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
57. Type genus of the family Lepadidae.
61. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
62. Any plant of the genus Erica.
64. An ability to understand a broad range of topics.
65. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
66. Of or relating to the Iberian peninsula or its inhabitants.
68. Before noon.
71. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
74. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
75. A genus of Ploceidae.
76. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
77. Not out.
78. The formation of frost or ice on a surface.
79. Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed.
81. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
82. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
83. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
84. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
85. indicate by signs.
87. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
89. (British) Informal term for information.
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