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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
8. Capital of Vanuatu.
12. Obscene terms for female genitals.
16. (of light) Lacking in intensity or brightness.
17. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
18. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
19. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
20. By bad luck.
22. Provide commentary for a film, for example.
24. Something twisted and tight and swollen.
25. The face veil worn by Muslim women.
27. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
29. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
30. Someone who travels by raft.
32. Cause to be more favorably inclined.
34. Having two feet.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
39. Beside one another in a row or rank.
40. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
42. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
46. A diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization.
47. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
51. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
54. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
56. The 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
58. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
59. Greek mythology.
60. Relating to bone or to the skeleton.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. A small vessel for travel on water.
64. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
67. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
69. Common black European thrush.
70. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
72. A special lineage.
73. A vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line.
75. A blind god.
78. (trademark) An alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
80. A modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
85. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
88. God of love and erotic desire.
90. The cry made by sheep.
91. Pan with a convex bottom.
92. An ordered reference standard.
93. (computer science) A graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface.
94. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
95. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
96. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
97. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
98. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
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1. Distant in either space or time.
2. Offering fun and gaiety.
3. Type genus of the Anatidae.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
6. Order by virtue of superior authority.
7. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
8. Included seven times in every 19 years.
9. Uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting.
10. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
11. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
12. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
13. (Greek mythology) The Muse of astronomy.
14. (printing) A short line at the end of the main strokes of a character.
15. Witty remark.
21. Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence.
23. Avatar of Vishnu.
26. (informal) Roused to anger.
28. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
31. A deep bow.
33. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
35. Be iridescent.
36. Someone who conducts surveys of public opinion.
41. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
43. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
44. Of a leaf shape.
45. Under the influence of a sedative drug.
48. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
49. A medium (art or business) that disseminates moving pictures.
50. United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during Prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947).
52. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
53. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
55. Someone who works with their hands.
57. A healthy state of wellbeing free from disease.
61. A sac-like widening of an artery.
65. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
66. A small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart.
68. Capital of Swaziland.
69. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
71. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
74. A support that steadies or strengthens something else.
76. A slender double-reed instrument.
77. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
79. Similar or related in quality or character.
81. In bed.
82. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
83. Tasting sour like a lemon.
86. (informal) Of the highest quality.
87. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
89. Characteristic of a mob.
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