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1. The act of hopping (jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)).
4. Especially pleasing to the taste.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
18. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
19. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. Any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones.
23. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
24. A piece of cloth sewn under an opening.
26. Informal terms for a mother.
28. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
29. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
30. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
32. In captivity.
35. Given or having a specified name.
37. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
41. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
42. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
45. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
47. Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924).
49. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
51. Tending to undergo or resulting from mutation.
52. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
53. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
55. Of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the N Malay Peninsula and parts of the W Malay Archipelago.
56. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
58. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
60. Long and light rowing boat.
61. South African term for `boss'.
63. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
66. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
71. Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales.
72. Malevolent aspect of Devi.
75. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
78. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
79. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
83. English writer and caricaturist (1872-1956).
86. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Voltaren) that is administered only orally.
89. Sister and consort of Izanami.
91. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
92. The basic unit of money in Bulgaria.
93. A popular vacation spot in the Canadian Rockies.
95. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
96. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
97. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
98. Spiritual being attendant upon God.
99. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
100. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
4. An exchange of ideas via conversation.
5. Far away from home or one's usual surroundings.
6. Type genus of the Sittidae.
7. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
8. Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch.
9. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
10. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
11. Celebrated in fable or legend.
12. Jordan's port.
13. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
14. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
15. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
22. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
25. Large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit.
27. In bed.
31. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
33. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
34. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
36. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
38. A rare soft orange mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide.
39. A town in southwestern British Columbia on Vancouver Island west of Vancouver.
40. Any of several East Indian birds.
43. The highest level or degree attainable.
44. The largest and southernmost island in the Marianas.
46. (informal) Of very poor quality.
48. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
50. Food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked.
54. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
57. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
59. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
62. Mark as different.
64. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
65. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
67. Minor or subordinate.
68. Lively and spirited.
69. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
70. A public promotion of some product or service.
73. Capital and largest city of Cuba.
74. Perennial plants resembling yucca.
76. A sloping edge on a cutting tool.
77. The period of time during which you are absent from work or duty.
80. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
81. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
82. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
84. A small cake leavened with yeast.
85. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
86. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
87. A notice of someone's death.
88. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
90. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
94. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
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