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1. A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times.
4. Habitually reserved and uncommunicative.
12. The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves).
15. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
16. Motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis.
17. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
18. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
20. A capacitance unit equal to one billion farads.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
23. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
25. Any taillike structure.
26. A large fleet.
30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
33. An associate degree in nursing.
34. (trademark) A type of inflatable air mattress.
37. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
40. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
42. Wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh.
44. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
45. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
46. Tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear.
47. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
48. An effortful attempt to attain a goal.
52. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
53. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
55. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
56. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
57. Lower in esteem.
59. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
61. Mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger.
64. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
65. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
68. A city and port in northern Jutland.
70. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
71. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
72. A member of a social and cultural elite especially a descendant of an Old New England family.
76. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
78. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
80. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
81. (informal) Of the highest quality.
82. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
85. A bachelor's degree in theology.
86. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
87. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
88. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. A notable achievement.
2. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
3. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
4. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
5. Jordan's port.
6. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
7. Not out.
8. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
9. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
10. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
11. A penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci.
12. A republic in western South America.
13. Toward the mouth or oral region.
14. An informal term for a father.
19. Supernatural half-man and half-bird vehicle or bearer of Vishnu.
21. A town in central Belgium.
24. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
27. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
28. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
29. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
31. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
35. Ruffed grouse.
36. Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible.
38. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
39. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
41. A loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail.
43. Of or relating to or associated with the moon.
49. Dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France.
50. Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield.
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
54. Any plant of the genus Erica.
58. A loop in a rope.
60. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
62. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.
63. Suggesting an unhealthy mental state.
66. With rapid movements.
67. The brightest star in Cygnus.
69. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
73. Not reflecting light.
74. A Loloish language.
75. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
77. The residue that remains when something is burned.
79. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
83. An informal term for a father.
84. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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