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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
5. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
9. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
13. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
16. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
17. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
18. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
19. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
20. Worthless people.
21. Weight to be borne or conveyed.
22. A city in northern India.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. A large number or amount.
26. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
29. Behavior or language bordering on indelicacy.
33. Only the bowfins.
35. The capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country.
38. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
39. A bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida.
42. God of death.
46. Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921).
49. United States inventor of a dry-plate process of developing photographic film and of flexible film (his firm introduced roll film) and of the box camera and of a process for color photography (1854-1932).
50. Being one more than nine.
51. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
54. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
57. French painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1832-1883).
58. On or toward the lee.
59. Like the sounds of frogs and crows.
61. A philosopher who specializes in ethics.
62. The act of flipping a coin.
63. Small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter.
66. United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945).
67. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
68. A native-born Israeli.
70. The template for protein synthesis.
71. Before noon.
73. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
81. English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975).
86. Covered with paving material.
88. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
89. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
90. A genus of Platalea.
92. A small island.
93. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
94. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
95. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
96. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.
97. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
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1. A vigorous blow.
2. Belonging to some prior time.
3. Large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil.
4. A race between candidates for elective office.
5. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
6. Genus of tropical hardwood timber trees.
7. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
8. (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld in ancient mythology.
9. The act of scanning.
10. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
11. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. Having or localized centrally at a focus.
14. Jordan's port.
15. The capital of Morocco.
25. An honorary degree in science.
27. Inability to stand due to muscular incoordination.
28. A fraudulent business scheme.
30. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
31. A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone.
32. Half the width of an em.
34. The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar.
36. Uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting.
37. (Welsh) The farmer god.
40. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
41. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
43. A studio especially for an artist or designer.
44. Learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it.
45. An electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals.
47. Serving no useful purpose.
48. A white trivalent metallic element.
52. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
53. Someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals).
55. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
56. (computer science) A unit for measuring the execution speed of computers.
60. A man who serves as a sailor.
64. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
65. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
69. Traveling on horseback.
72. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.
74. A track or mark left by something that has passed.
75. Any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-gray in color.
77. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
78. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
79. A Hindu prince or king in India.
80. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
81. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
82. Endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys.
83. Combining form.
84. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
85. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
87. The cry made by sheep.
91. Being one more than one.
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