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1. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
4. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
8. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
12. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
16. Used of a single unit or thing.
17. The basic unit of money in Peru.
18. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
19. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
20. An electrically charged particle.
21. A light medieval helmet with a slit for vision.
23. Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals.
24. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
26. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
28. A town in north central Oklahoma.
29. Remove the claws from (a cat).
31. The first light of day.
33. Soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired.
35. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
36. A constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Octans.
40. A Loloish language.
43. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
47. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
48. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
49. A state in north central United States.
50. Take back what one has said.
51. (law) The seat for judges in a courtroom.
52. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
54. Term of address for a man.
55. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
56. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
59. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
61. Inability to walk.
63. A state in midwestern United States.
64. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
66. Similar to the color of jade.
67. Become ground down or deteriorate.
68. A brilliant solo passage occuring near the end of a piece of music.
70. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
72. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
74. Genus of African timber trees.
78. Type genus of the Marattiaceae.
82. The intermixture of fat and lean in a cut of meat.
84. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
85. An executioner who hangs the condemned person.
87. A song that was formerly popular.
88. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
90. French novelist and critic.
92. The longest division of geological time.
93. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
94. A cleaning implement for sweeping.
95. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
96. Used of a single unit or thing.
97. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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1. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
2. Small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color.
3. Of or relating to or produced by or being a gene.
4. (Roman Catholic Church) A book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
7. Of a pale purple color.
8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
9. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
10. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
11. Of surpassing excellence.
12. Warn in advance or beforehand.
13. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
14. A Loloish language.
15. Two items of the same kind.
22. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
25. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines.
27. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
30. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
32. European annual grown for forage.
34. A mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,709 feet high).
37. The Spanish Navy was destroyed by France and England while attempting to recover Sicily and Sardinia from Italy (1719).
38. Being without physical aid.
39. A colorless oily liquid.
41. A festival featuring African-American culture.
42. A reddish brown dye used especially on hair.
44. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
45. The interior curve of an arch.
46. General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate.
53. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
57. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
58. English author.
60. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
62. River boat with a shallow draught and a keel but no sails.
65. Any of various small biting flies.
69. A musical stringed instrument with strings stretch over a flat sounding box.
71. Chief deity of Zoroastrianism.
73. A ballroom dance of Latin-American origin.
75. The visible part of a television transmission.
76. Edible bulb of an onion plant.
77. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
79. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
80. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
81. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
82. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
83. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
86. Athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training.
87. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
89. 16 ounces.
91. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
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