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1. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
4. An archaic drinking vessel.
9. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
13. A flexible container with a single opening.
16. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
17. A ski run densely packed with snow.
18. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
21. Any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers.
22. Type genus of the Amiidae.
23. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
24. An ache localized in the middle or inner ear.
26. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
28. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
30. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
31. (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology.
33. The greatest possible degree of something.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
41. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
46. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
47. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
49. A seat for the rider of a horse.
51. The capital city of Vietnam.
53. A heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal.
55. An expression of greeting.
56. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
57. Earlier a god.
58. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
59. Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit.
62. An inhabitant of ancient Thebes.
63. An island northwest of Wales.
65. Worn away as by water or ice or wind.
66. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
67. Squash bugs.
69. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
73. Any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes.
76. Changed in form or character without becoming something else.
79. Patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes.
81. Clover ferns.
83. Not circulating or flowing.
87. Characterized by unity.
88. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.
91. (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.
92. Powdery starch from certain sago palms.
93. Place a value on.
95. Used of the language of the deaf.
96. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
97. (of fabrics and paper) Grown dark in color over time.
98. An unforeseen obstacle.
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1. True firs.
2. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
3. Grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units.
4. A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
5. The first month of the civil year.
6. Inflammation of a bone as a consequence of infection or trauma or degeneration.
7. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
8. A beautiful and graceful girl.
9. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
10. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
11. Prepared by cutting.
12. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
13. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
14. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
15. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
25. In a correct manner.
27. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
29. A whimsically eccentric person.
32. An informal term for a father.
36. Pertaining to or characteristic of a choragus.
37. A three-sided polygon.
39. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
42. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of Chad.
43. The property of excessive fatness.
44. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
45. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
48. A particular environment or walk of life.
50. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
52. A native or inhabitant of Nubia.
54. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
60. Convert code into ordinary language.
61. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
64. A fibrous amphibole.
68. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
70. Used of persons.
71. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
72. Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being.
73. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
74. (of a male animal) Having the testicles removed.
75. Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence.
77. An island of central Hawaii.
78. Type genus of the Triglidae.
80. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
82. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
84. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
85. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
86. Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil.
89. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
90. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
94. A state in the eastern United States.
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