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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920).
9. Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers.
13. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
16. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
17. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
18. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
19. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
20. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
21. Relating to or characteristic of people of Rome.
22. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. Of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or their languages or cultures.
27. Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance.
29. Type genus of the Otariidae.
30. An athletic competition in which a disc-shaped object is thrown as far as possible.
32. A line made of twisted fibers or threads.
35. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
37. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language.
40. Rounded like an egg.
42. Being or given to servile imitation.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. A unit of instruction.
47. Lovable especially in a childlike or naive way.
51. Talk pompously.
55. An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.
56. Any competition.
58. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
59. How long something has existed.
60. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
65. A resident of Nevada.
68. Any of several short-billed Old World rails.
69. A European river.
70. A member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara.
72. By bad luck.
73. A Russian river.
75. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
78. Russian writer of stories and novels and plays (1818-1883).
86. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
87. A toroidal shape.
89. Someone who etches.
90. (prefix) Half or partial.
91. Any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway.
92. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
94. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
95. The basic unit of money in Myanmar.
96. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
97. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
98. One ten thousandth of a centner.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
5. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
6. A secret society in Naples notorious for violence and blackmail.
7. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
8. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people.
9. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
10. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
11. A warm ocean current that flows NE off the coast of Japan into the N Pacific.
12. Wool of the alpaca.
13. A ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century.
14. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
15. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
25. Someone who makes and sells hats.
28. Of or relating to fungi.
31. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
33. Too old to be useful.
34. A large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales.
36. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
38. A port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea.
39. Trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae.
41. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
43. English Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718).
44. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
48. Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981).
49. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
50. Having two axes.
52. That is to say.
53. The capital of Turkey.
54. Necessary for relief or supply.
57. Influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804).
62. Relating to or characteristic of Arabs.
64. European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers.
65. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
66. Tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood.
67. A small valve (or valve-like structure).
68. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people.
71. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
74. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
76. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
77. (Babylonian) Consort of Anu.
79. United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981).
80. Avatar of Vishnu.
81. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
82. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
83. Adopted in order to deceive.
84. Suggestive of the supernatural.
85. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
88. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
93. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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