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1. Sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties.
5. Goddess of fertility.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
17. Antibiotic-resistant mycoplasma causing a kind of pneumonia in humans.
18. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
19. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
20. An excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth.
22. Small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit.
24. Being four more than fifty.
25. Squash bugs.
26. Annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages.
28. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
31. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
33. Obvious and dull.
36. A unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar.
38. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
40. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
41. United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944).
45. (computer science) Memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed.
46. Small freshwater fish of South America and West Indies.
49. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
50. (electronics) Designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel.
51. A strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines).
53. The residue that remains when something is burned.
54. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
57. At full speed.
59. Boas and pythons.
61. A man who serves as a sailor.
62. (Greek mythology) A sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine.
63. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
64. An extra or repeated performance.
66. A public promotion of some product or service.
67. One thousand grams.
68. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
70. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
71. 1 species.
74. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
76. An associate degree in nursing.
77. Take back what one has said.
80. A person forced to flee from home or country.
82. (informal) Exceptionally good.
84. Italian poet who wrote an epic poem about the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade (1544-1595).
87. One of two official languages of Norway.
91. A local computer network for communication between computers.
94. 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.
95. Either extremity of something that has length.
96. God of the underworld.
97. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
99. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
100. The cry made by sheep.
101. A United States youth subculture of the 1950s.
102. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
103. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
2. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
3. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
4. One of two official languages of Norway.
5. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
6. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
7. Being nine more than forty.
8. Of or relating to the African republic of Somalia or its people or their language and culture.
9. A person with an unusual or odd personality.
10. A long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
13. Of a pale purple color.
14. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
15. Type genus of the Caviidae.
21. A city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River.
23. Having your services engaged for.
27. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
29. Shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
35. (Sumerian and Akkadian) A demon personifying death.
37. An iconic mental representation.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. Black tea grown in China.
43. A small republic in the eastern Pyrenees between Spain and France.
44. A source of oil.
47. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
48. Type genus of the Phocidae.
52. A metallic tapping sound.
55. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
56. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
58. Wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg.
60. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
65. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
69. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
72. A landlocked republic in central Africa.
73. Characteristic of maturity.
74. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
75. Alligator-like reptile of Central and South America having a more heavily armored belly.
78. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
79. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
81. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
83. Type genus of the Ranidae.
85. Not open.
86. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
88. A quantity of no importance.
89. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
90. God of love and erotic desire.
92. An orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa.
93. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
98. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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