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1. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
5. Tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage.
12. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
15. Highly excited.
16. A depository containing historical records and documents.
17. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
18. Drive away by crying "shoo!".
19. Foul with waste matter.
20. Having awns i.e. bristle- or hair-like appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses.
22. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
24. A medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals.
26. The southern part of the ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah.
29. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
30. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
32. A quantity of no importance.
37. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
40. A place where taxis park while awaiting customers.
43. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
44. In bed.
46. Battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943).
47. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
48. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
52. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
53. United States psychologist noted for his work in child development (1880-1961).
55. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
57. And nothing more.
58. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
59. State in northeastern India.
62. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
64. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
66. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
67. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
69. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
71. A small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons).
73. A bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena.
77. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
79. Of or relating to the Sinhalese languages.
82. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
83. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
84. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
85. 100 kobos equal 1 naira.
86. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
87. Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.
88. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
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1. Serving as or forming a base.
2. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
3. A jamb for a door.
4. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
5. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
6. A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.
7. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
8. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
9. A unit of length equal to 1760 yards.
10. The eleventh month of the civil year.
11. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
12. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
13. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
14. A polite name for any woman.
21. The act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. The amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full.
28. An associate degree in nursing.
31. Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies of cognitive development in children (1896-1980).
33. (informal) Of the highest quality.
34. An informal term for a father.
35. 1 species.
36. (biology) Of unlike parts or organs.
38. Any plant of the genus Inula.
39. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
41. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
42. Jordan's port.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
49. Of or relating to or characteristic of Alsace or its inhabitants.
51. Frivolous banter.
54. An enclosed space.
56. Cut off the testicles.
60. An earth color containing ferric oxides.
61. Informal terms for a mother.
63. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
65. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
68. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
70. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
72. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
74. (Greek mythology) God of love.
75. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
76. Little known Kamarupan languages.
78. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
80. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
81. Make amends for.
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