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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. Pertaining to animals or animal life or action.
9. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
13. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
16. An informal term for a father.
17. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
18. A small cake leavened with yeast.
19. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
20. Using speech rather than writing.
21. Midwife toads.
23. Wool of the alpaca.
25. Marry, not for the first time.
27. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
29. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
30. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
32. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
34. Erect plant with small clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers of southwestern United States.
38. Reflect light or colors like an opal.
42. In equal amounts or shares.
43. Tag the base runner to get him out.
44. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
46. A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane).
47. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
49. Informal terms for a mother.
52. A large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet.
53. One who works hard at boring tasks.
55. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
58. God of wealth and love.
61. Used of gloves, socks, etc..
63. Leave or strike out, as of vowels.
64. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.
65. Convert ordinary language into code.
66. Back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked.
67. A state in midwestern United States.
68. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
69. Having or covered with hair.
71. A French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750).
72. A track or mark left by something that has passed.
76. A public promotion of some product or service.
78. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
84. French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793).
86. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
88. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds.
90. An organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live.
92. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
94. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
95. Black tropical American cuckoo.
96. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
97. A compact mass.
99. Aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning.
100. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
101. A French abbot.
102. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
103. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
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1. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
2. Decrease gradually or bit by bit.
3. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
4. Perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America.
5. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
6. A suburb of Paris.
7. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
8. Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods.
9. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
10. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
11. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
12. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
13. Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.
14. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
15. The face of a timepiece.
22. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
24. Liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned.
26. A unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean.
28. Chief port of Yemen.
31. Of or relating to or characteristic of Monaco or its people.
33. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
35. Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers.
36. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
37. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
39. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
40. (logic) A self-contradiction.
41. A condition promoting sanitary practices.
45. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
48. Greek mythology.
50. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
51. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
54. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
56. A European river.
57. God of the earth.
59. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
60. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
62. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
70. Noisy talk.
73. Filled with fear or apprehension.
74. Worship given to God alone.
75. A minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language.
77. A distinguished female operatic singer.
79. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
80. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
81. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
82. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
83. A compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed.
85. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
87. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
89. Characteristic of false pride.
91. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
93. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
98. A doctor's degree in religion.
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