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1
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Erse

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The Scottish or Irish Gaelic language.

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Acropolis

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An acropolis was the settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel,

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Arquebus

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An early type of portable gun supported on a tripod or a forked rest.

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Buraq

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The Buraq is a heavenly equine in Islamic tradition. The legendary beast, a winged horse with the face of a woman and the tail of a peacock, on which Muhammad ascended to heaven.

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White Elephant

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A worthless possession.

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Avernus

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The entrance to the underworld.

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Mour

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Love (French)

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On the left side (Latin)

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Sinister

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On the right side (Latin)

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Dexter

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Pin Money

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A small amout of money to spend on inessentials.

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Natty

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Well designed and clever.

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Potage

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A thick soup.

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Nostrum

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A medicine prepared by an unqualified person.

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Toper

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Drunkard

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Rani

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Hindu Queen

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Atria

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Central halls of a building

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Obsidian

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Glass-like volcanic rock.

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18
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Unguent

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Lubricant.

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Sal Volatile

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Smelling salts.

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20
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Byres

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Cattle housing

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21
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Pikelet

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Crumpet or teacake

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MP

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Military police / Red Cap

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Officer

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SM

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Skua

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Gull-like sea bird

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Benin

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West African country

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Beau Monde

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Fashionable society

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Wryneck

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A distinctive group of woodpeckers

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German forces

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SS

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Amoroso

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A loving or tender manner

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Staggers

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A disease in animals.

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Protuberance

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Something that protrudes from another protruding.

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Teg

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A sheep in its second year.

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Brush

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The tail of a fox.

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34
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Rood

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Crucifix

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35
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Mortadella

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Sausage

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Mit (German)

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With - in German.

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Chary

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Cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something.

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38
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Obviate

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Remove the need for

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39
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Nova Scotia

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Province of Canada

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Seine

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A vertical fishing net.

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41
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Staffa

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Hebridean Island.

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42
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coup de grâce

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A final blow or shot given to kill a wounded person or animal.

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Ell

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A former measurement of length.

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44
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Hoedown

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A lively folk dance.

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45
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Eggbeater

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A Canadian or American helicopter.

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46
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Stevedore

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A docker.

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47
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Analogous

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Comparable in certain aspects.

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48
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Jolly

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RM Royal Marine.

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49
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Rotgut

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A cheap and potentially harmful alcoholic drink.

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50
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Sacra

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The triangular bone at the base of the spine.

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51
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Jet

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Mig

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52
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Fulan Gong

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Chinese spiritual religious system.

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53
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Hera

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Greek goddess

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54
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Vega

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The brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra

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55
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Stalag

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A German prison camp

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56
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Improvident

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Thoughtless

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57
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Prate

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Talk foolishly

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58
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Couplet

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2 lines of verse

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59
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Babylon

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Modern-day Iraq

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60
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Means

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Averages

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61
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Rand

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South African currency

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62
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Necropolis

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A burial site with elaborate tombs and monuments.

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63
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Mashie

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Old iron golf club for lofting medium distances.

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Mordant

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Showing a sharp or biting quality.

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65
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Hellcat

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A witch

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66
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Liege

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Loyal subject

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67
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Tutti

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Performed with all voices or instruments together.

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68
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Expectorate

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Cough up or spit Phlem.

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69
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Medes

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Old Asians, Persians, Iranians.

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70
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Ulan Bator

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Capital of Mongolia.

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71
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RUC

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Royal Ulster Constabulary.

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72
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Axis

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World War 2 alliances of Rome, Berlin, Tokyo

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73
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Snake Oil

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Deceptive marketing

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74
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AM

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antemeridian (In the morning)

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75
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PM

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postmeridian (after midday)

76
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Amman

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Capital of Jordan.

77
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Wicked wife

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Lot or Ada - from the book of Genesis.

78
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Puritan

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Prude or English Protestant.

79
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Melancholy

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Doldrums

80
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Oscan

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Old European

81
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Harbinger

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The sign of some future event from a person or thing.

82
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Heretical

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Based on religious hearsay.

83
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Tiber, Arno

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Italian rivers.

84
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Bonne

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French housemaid

85
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Soloman

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Son of David and King of Israel - proverbial for wisdom.

86
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Quarters

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NE SE NW SW

87
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EN

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Opposing Bridge player

88
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Burlesque

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Satire / Parady

89
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Obtrude

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Become noticeable in an intrusive manner.

90
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Carouse

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Noisy wild festivites.

91
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Obstreperous

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Noisy and difficult to control.

92
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Rhea

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Bird similar to the Ostrich or Emu native to South Africa.

93
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Agesis

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Protection, support and backing.

94
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Ink

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Released by Octopi.

95
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Erratum

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A mistake in writing.

96
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Nefarious

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Wicked or criminal activity.

97
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Embus

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Board or put on a bus.

98
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Asunder

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To part or split.

99
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Decemberist

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Russian revolutionary.

100
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Rainment

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Fancy clothing

101
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Cupidity

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Greed for money or possessions.

102
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Bairn

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Scottish child.

103
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Erne

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Sea eagle.

104
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Entremet

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Fancy food served between courses.

105
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Malady

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Compliant or illness.

106
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Aga

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A military commander or official from a Muslim country.

107
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Ottoman Empire

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Turkish Empire

108
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Helmsman

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A person who steers a ship or boat

109
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Marcato

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A musical instruction indicating a note, chord, or passage is to be played louder or more forcefully than the surrounding music.

110
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John Wesley

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Cleric / Preacher

111
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West

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Mae West

112
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Gouache

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Watercolour painting technique.

113
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Ae

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Scottish one.

114
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Gin

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Snare / Trap

115
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Riga

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Capital of Latvia

116
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Chartreuse

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Green and yellow liquor made by Carthusian monks

117
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Priam

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The last king of Troy

118
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Marcato

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Change musical direction and get louder

119
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Hg

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Mercury

120
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Touraco

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African crested bird

121
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Basilisk

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A serpent-like creature capable of destroying other creatures by way of its deadly stare.

122
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Ester

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Chemical compound

123
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Lea

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A grassy area or field.

124
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Tort

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A wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to legal liability.

125
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Bantu

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African

126
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Handcar

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A North American railway vehicle.

127
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Piton

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A peg or spike driven into a rock or crack to support a climber or a rope.

128
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Etude

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A short musical composition, typically for one instrument, designed as an exercise to improve the technique or demonstrate the skill of the player

129
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Ebullience

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The quality of being cheerful and full of energy: exuberance.

130
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Cornucopia

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Symbol of plenty. A goat horn overflowing with flowers, fruit and corn. An abundant supply.

131
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Heretofore

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Before now.

132
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Perfunctory

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Carried out with no genuine interest, feeling or effort.

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Usurped

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Taking a position of power by force.

132
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Credence

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Belief or acceptance of something.

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Magna Cum Laude

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With great distinction.

133
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Indomitable

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Impossible to defeat or subdue.

134
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Intersperse

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Scatter among or between other things.

135
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Ominous

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Giving a worrying impression that something bad is going to happen.

136
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Team

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Eleven

137
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Eclat

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Brilliant display or effect

138
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Verderer

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Forestry official

139
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Hal

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Henry, Harold, Harry and a computer.

140
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Astute

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Having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage.

141
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Laird

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(in Scotland) a person who owns a large estate.

142
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Panatella

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A long thin cigar

143
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Campanologists

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Bell ringers

144
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Stollen

A

German Bread

145
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Pair Royal

A

Three of a kind in Cribbage

146
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Walter Mitty

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A person who fantasizes about a life much more exciting and glamorous than their own.

147
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Polka

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A lively dance of Bohemian origin.

148
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Genuflect

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Slowly lower and kneel

149
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Silesia

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Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland

150
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Labour

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Left

151
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Bohemian

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Unconventional in an artistic way

152
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Ovine

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Relating to or resembling a sheep

153
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Lento

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Played slowly

154
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Japery

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Acting like a clown or buffoon

155
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Haft

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The handle of a knife, spear or axe

156
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Dhow

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A long narrow ship with two sails

157
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Shah

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Iranian or Persian Monarch

158
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Imperious

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Arrogant and Domineering

159
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Haughty

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Arrogantly superior and disdainful.

160
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Acumen

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The ability to make good judgements.

161
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Sagacious

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Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement

162
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Senescence

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The condition or process of deterioration with age.

163
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Inexorable

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Impossible to stop or prevent.

164
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Indefatigable

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Persisting tirelessly.

165
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Commensurate

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Corresponding in size or degree. In proportion.

166
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Magnate

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Influential businessperson.

167
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Ardent

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Enthusiastic or passionate.

168
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Hovel

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A small squalid dwelling.

169
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Jaunty / Pert

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Having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner

170
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Accra

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Capital of Ghana

171
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Nada

A

Nothing

172
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Ere

A

Before

173
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Peridot

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Peridot is a gemstone that is sometimes called chrysolite.

174
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Reception Centre

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A location with facilities for receiving, processing and attending to the immediate needs of refugees or asylum seekers as they arrive in a country of asylum

175
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Canon

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A general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged

176
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Crotchety

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Tired and irritable.

177
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Male whale

A

Bull

178
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Sturgeon

A

Fish supplier of Caviar.

179
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Atelier

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A workshop or studio, especially one used by an artist or designer

180
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Apparition

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A ghost or ghostlike image of a person.

181
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Wraith

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A ghost or ghostlike image of someone, especially one seen shortly before or after their death.

182
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Dodderer

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Someone who moves around slowly and weakly, as if they might fall, especially because of being very old.

183
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Discernment

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The ability to judge well.

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