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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
13. Your general store of remembered information.
16. An informal term for a father.
17. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
18. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
19. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
20. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
22. Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet.
24. Make steady.
26. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
27. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
29. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
31. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
34. A city of central Russia south of Moscow.
36. The mints.
39. Avatar of Vishnu.
42. Enthusiastic approval.
43. A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
46. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. The bivalent radical UO2 which forms salts with acids.
50. Treat with iodine.
52. Used of a single unit or thing.
53. A case for containing a set of articles.
54. Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba.
56. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
59. (Roman Catholic Church) The supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts.
61. Some point in the air.
63. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
65. A public promotion of some product or service.
66. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
69. A person who enjoys reading.
71. Being five more than one hundred.
72. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
74. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
76. (formal) A person who announces important news.
79. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
83. A small hard fruit.
86. A branch of the Tai languages.
87. Pig iron containing manganese.
89. Technical and intelligence information derived from foreign communications by other than the intended recipients.
91. A master's degree in business.
92. An associate degree in applied science.
93. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
95. The basic unit of money in Peru.
96. Tag the base runner to get him out.
97. A metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters.
98. Clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses.
99. American novelist (1909-1955).
100. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
101. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
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1. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
2. Especially one side of a leaf.
3. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
4. Of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language.
5. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
6. A person who lacks good judgment.
7. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
8. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
9. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
10. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
11. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
12. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
13. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
14. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
15. Informal terms for a mother.
21. The largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
28. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
30. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
32. Made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization.
33. Tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
35. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
37. Grasshopper with short antennae.
38. Being or situated at an end.
40. Curving inward.
41. Someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement).
44. Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice.
45. Having relatively few calories.
47. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
49. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
51. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
55. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
57. A light medieval helmet with a slit for vision.
58. East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok.
60. Express in speech.
62. The capital of the state of Delaware.
64. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
67. A condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed.
68. 1 species.
69. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
70. Discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people.
73. Having no employment.
75. Pay back.
77. A toxic protein extracted from castor beans.
78. A rapid bustling commotion.
80. A genus of Lamnidae.
81. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
82. Jordan's port.
84. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
85. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
88. Former measure of the US economy.
90. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
94. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
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