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1. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
4. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
9. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
13. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
17. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
18. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
19. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
20. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
21. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
22. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
26. An African amulet.
27. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
29. A boy or man.
31. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
33. (Spanish) Sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water.
37. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. A genus of Indriidae.
42. A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.
46. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
47. A short musical composition with words.
48. Reverent petition to a deity.
49. A mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers).
51. A sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow.
54. Covered or protected with or as if with a case.
55. Used of a single unit or thing.
57. A solution containing chemicals that can change the color of a photographic print.
58. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
59. A small or young lion.
61. A group of African languages in the Niger-Congo group spoken from Senegal east as far as the Ivory Coast.
62. Silkworm moths.
63. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
64. Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.
66. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.
68. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
69. A state of confusion and disorderliness.
74. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
77. A woman's close-fitting foundation garment.
81. A family of fish in the order Zeomorphi.
83. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
86. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
87. Small toothless anteater with prehensile tale and four-clawed forelimbs.
90. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
91. Lower in esteem.
92. A fraudulent business scheme.
94. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
95. The cry made by sheep.
96. Having had the bones removed.
97. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
98. Term of address for a man.
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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. God of fire.
3. A wine bottle made of leather.
4. Any of various widely distributed beetles.
5. Tag the base runner to get him out.
6. Lens for correcting defective vision in one eye.
7. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
8. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
9. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
10. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
13. The sixth month of the civil year.
14. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
15. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
25. Of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people.
28. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
30. Being one more than fifty.
32. A state in New England.
34. To modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo.
35. Consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl.
36. An American operation in World War I (1918).
38. United States painter noted for brilliant colors and bold brushwork (1859-1935).
39. The animal order including amoebas.
40. A female bound to serve without wages.
43. A man who delivers the mail.
44. Leave or unload, esp. of passengers or cargo.
45. An arc-shaped whitish deposit sometimes seen in the cornea.
50. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
52. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
53. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
56. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
60. Offensive or even (of persons) malicious.
63. Accumulate on the surface.
65. A musician who plays or composes jazz music.
66. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
67. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
70. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
71. (grammar) An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence.
72. A tumor consisting of fatty tissue.
73. An appliance that corrects dental irregularities.
75. Extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth.
76. A doctor's degree in education.
78. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
79. Largest known toad species.
80. A thrusting blow with a knife.
82. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
84. A Loloish language.
85. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
88. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
89. (informal) Roused to anger.
93. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
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