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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. Wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite.
9. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
13. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
16. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
17. Type genus of the Ranidae.
18. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
19. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
20. A cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin).
21. An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.
23. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
24. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
25. Any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning.
27. God of wealth and love.
29. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
31. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
32. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
33. Occurring or payable every year.
36. A genus of Ploceidae.
39. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
42. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
44. Dearly loved.
46. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
47. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. Wearing footgear.
52. The food served and eaten at one time.
54. Urged social reform in 19th century England.
55. Spherical in shape.
57. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
58. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
60. Ostentatiously lofty in style.
63. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
64. 100 lepta equal 1 drachma.
66. A language group of the Hokan family.
67. With rapid movements.
69. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
71. Being one more than one.
72. The capital and largest city of Greece.
74. Any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers.
75. Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person.
78. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
79. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
80. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
81. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
83. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
85. Large fan palms of tropical Asia to Australia.
91. A port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula.
95. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
96. The land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia.
98. 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.
99. An advanced law degree.
100. A large number or amount.
101. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
103. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
104. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
105. Advanced in years.
106. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
107. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Any thick messy substance.
2. A roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top.
3. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
4. A small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis).
5. Pay for something before receiving it.
6. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
7. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
8. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
9. (often used in combination) Having hair as specified.
10. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
11. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
12. Tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit.
13. A quantity of no importance.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
15. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
22. German philosopher who advocated intuition over reason (1744-1803).
26. A warmness resembling the temperature of the skin.
28. United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951).
30. Being nine more than forty.
34. Type genus of the Echeneididae.
35. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
37. A river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River.
38. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
40. Characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is.
41. Tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers.
43. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
45. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
48. A sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string).
49. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae.
51. Characteristic of humanity.
53. Resembling lather or covered with lather.
56. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
59. A deep prolonged loud noise.
61. Mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger.
62. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
65. A proportion multiplied by 100.
68. Greek lyric poet remembered for his odes (518?-438? BC).
70. Regional and archaic.
71. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
73. Relating to or associated with heat.
74. Tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit.
76. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
77. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
82. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
84. Squash bugs.
85. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
86. Look at with amorous intentions.
87. Avatar of Vishnu.
88. The basic unit of money in Uruguay.
89. Dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut.
90. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
92. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.
93. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
94. God of love and erotic desire.
97. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
102. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
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