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1. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
4. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
9. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
13. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
16. An accidental happening.
17. Lower in esteem.
18. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
19. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
20. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
21. Sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples.
23. Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors.
25. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
27. Capital and largest city of Cuba.
29. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
30. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
32. A state in New England.
33. The superior of an abbey of monks.
35. Characteristic of a baby.
40. French writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982).
44. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
45. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
49. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs.
53. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
54. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
55. An antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State.
56. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
57. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
58. A Mid-Atlantic state.
59. Twining perennial North American plants.
60. 10 grams.
61. An open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers.
66. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
68. Tall arborescent yucca of southwestern United States.
70. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
72. A Bantu language spoken in southern coastal Tanzania.
73. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
77. Make a hoarse, rattling sound.
81. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
85. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
86. (botany) Having a leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground.
88. Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.
89. Inquire about.
90. An important question that is in dispute and must be settled.
91. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
93. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
94. Towards the side away from the wind.
95. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
96. A polite name for any woman.
97. An affirmative.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
7. State in northeastern India.
8. The period of time during which you are absent from work or duty.
9. Hungarian playwright (1878-1952).
10. A state in northwestern North America.
11. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
12. A place where ships can take on or discharge cargo.
13. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
14. Large European dormouse.
15. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
22. A state in midwestern United States.
24. An order of Eutheria.
26. Alligator-like reptile of Central and South America having a more heavily armored belly.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
36. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
37. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
38. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
39. Similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood.
41. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
42. Direct or control.
43. (law) Not of legal age.
46. French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524).
47. Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963).
48. English colonial administrator who traveled to America on the Mayflower and served as the first governor of the Plymouth Colony (1595-1655).
52. Chinese Taoist sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but also incorporating pantheism and sorcery.
62. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
63. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
64. In a stylish manner.
65. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
67. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
69. (of a liquid) Treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification.
70. A place where ships can take on or discharge cargo.
71. Inability to walk.
72. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
74. The amount a salary is increased.
75. English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596).
76. A Pacific island north of Australia.
78. United States writer whose best-known novel was based on his experiences as an attendant in a mental hospital (born in 1935).
79. An industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border.
80. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
82. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
83. Serving as or forming a base.
84. A bluish shade of green.
87. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
92. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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