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1. An insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult.
5. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
9. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
13. Not reflecting light.
16. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
17. English monk and scholar (672-735).
18. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. The state of a serf.
22. Jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration.
24. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
25. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
26. Congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters).
29. Brass that looks like gold.
31. Unusually good.
33. National capital of Kiribati.
35. A retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies).
39. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
40. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
44. A door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall.
45. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
47. Mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior.
51. Sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties.
54. Entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire.
55. Not in action or at work.
56. A mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid.
57. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
59. A genus of Mustelidae.
60. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
62. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
64. The month following January and preceding March.
65. An island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon.
68. Relating to or located near a tibia.
70. United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935).
71. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
73. Displeasing to the senses and morally revolting.
74. A person serving a prison sentence.
76. Common Indian weaverbird.
79. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
80. An ideal instance.
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
88. The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.
90. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
91. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
92. Being four more than sixty.
93. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
94. A notable achievement.
95. The basic unit of money in Albania.
96. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
97. A youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s.
98. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
2. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
3. Reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received.
4. A capacitance unit equal to one billion farads.
5. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
6. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
7. A public promotion of some product or service.
8. A small cake leavened with yeast.
9. A shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot.
10. A gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier.
11. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
12. A strong emotion.
13. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
14. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
21. (informal) A stupid incompetent person.
23. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
27. Tropical Asiatic perennial herbs.
28. French nuclear physicist who generalized the wave-particle duality by proposing that particles of matter exhibit wavelike properties (1892-1987).
30. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
32. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
34. Be earlier in time.
36. Wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs.
37. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
38. In a legible manner.
41. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
42. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
43. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
46. Lacking experience of life.
48. Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.
49. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
50. Before noon.
52. Copy that is not the original.
53. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
58. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
61. In addition.
63. Parasitic trees of Indonesia and Malaysia.
66. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds.
67. Epithet of Siva.
68. A small cake leavened with yeast.
69. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
70. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
72. Elliptical use of "depend on".
75. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
77. A French abbot.
78. Noisy talk.
81. Type genus of the Anatidae.
82. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
83. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
84. A quantity of no importance.
86. A three-year law degree.
87. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
89. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
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