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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. Medieval artillery used during sieges.
13. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
17. God of death.
18. Cabbage butterflies.
19. A violent throw.
20. A native or inhabitant of Scotland.
21. Small toothless anteater with prehensile tale and four-clawed forelimbs.
22. Of or relating to near the ear.
23. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
25. An instance or single occasion for some event.
26. 8th and most important avatar of Vishnu.
28. Wear away.
30. A district in southwestern Manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts.
31. An achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white.
34. A string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean.
37. A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Lupus and Ara in the Milky Way.
40. The act of relaying something.
43. Not out.
44. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
45. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
46. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
47. A widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow.
48. Cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward.
50. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
52. A fraudulent business scheme.
55. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
57. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
58. Type genus of the Majidae.
59. Using artistic forms and conventions to create effects.
62. An honorary arts degree.
64. A nitrogenous substance found in mucous secretions.
65. Chief port and economic center of Nigeria.
66. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
67. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
69. Whiten with Blanco.
71. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
74. Rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants.
76. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
78. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
80. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
81. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
85. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
90. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
93. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
95. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
96. A desert in southern Israel.
97. A small cake leavened with yeast.
99. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
100. An informal term for a father.
101. A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage.
102. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
103. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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1. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. (Greek mythology) God of love.
4. Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955.
5. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
6. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
7. A town in northern Minnesota.
8. Of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language.
9. A formation of people or things one beside another.
10. A doctor's degree in education.
11. A member of the Algonquian people living in Wisconsin the Fox River valley and the shores of Green Bay.
12. The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds).
13. A member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States.
14. Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay).
15. A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth.
16. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. Containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions.
29. Slightly wet.
32. Learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it.
33. Call forth.
35. Lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat.
36. The event of being born.
38. Pasta in the form of slender tubes.
39. Any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries.
41. An affirmative.
42. (of molten metal or glass) Formed by pouring or pressing into a mold n 1.
49. A favorite saying of a sect or political group.
51. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
53. Any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers.
54. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
56. A public promotion of some product or service.
60. Estrangement from god.
61. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
63. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
68. Someone who controls resources and expenditures.
69. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
70. A city of east central Mexico (west of Veracruz).
72. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
73. Informal terms for a mother.
75. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
77. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
78. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
79. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
80. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
82. Held in slavery.
83. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
84. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
86. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
87. A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British).
88. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
91. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
92. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
94. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
98. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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