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1. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
4. An unforeseen obstacle.
8. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
12. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
16. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
17. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
18. An informal term for a father.
19. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
20. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
22. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
24. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
25. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas.
27. Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
33. Resembling the rough bark of a tree.
40. Type genus of the Anatidae.
44. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
46. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
47. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
48. Informal terms for a mother.
49. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language.
54. A social club for male undergraduates.
56. (Sumerian) Consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz).
58. (of roads) Made of logs laid down crosswise.
59. A poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare.
60. The opening of a subject to public discussion and debate.
61. A Russian river.
64. Perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere.
65. The seventh month of the civil year.
66. (Brit) An area of open or forested country.
68. Of or relating to or involving an area.
71. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
72. A city in the European part of Russia.
73. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
76. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
80. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
81. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
84. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
88. The cry made by sheep.
89. A Berber living in northern Morocco.
90. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
91. A city in northwestern Syria.
92. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
93. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
94. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
95. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
96. The fatty flesh of eel.
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1. A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers.
2. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
3. Anything that serves as an enticement.
4. A lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels.
5. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
6. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
7. God of the earth.
8. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
9. Any substance that can be used as food.
10. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
11. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
12. Pacific newts.
13. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
14. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978).
15. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
21. A secondary or inferior position or status.
23. An associate degree in applied science.
26. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
28. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
31. Atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves).
32. A region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian `boot').
34. An organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live.
35. A motley assortment of things.
36. Any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Dillenia grown for their foliage and nodding flowers resembling magnolias which are followed by fruit that is used in curries and jellies and preserves.
37. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
38. A port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the Savannah river.
39. A former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay.
41. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
42. A country north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea.
43. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
45. A common European bird of prey.
52. (medieval legends) The bride of King Mark of Cornwall who fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other.
53. Titmice and chickadees.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
57. (Sumerian and Babylonian) A solar deity.
62. Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop.
63. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
67. Transform into gold.
69. Put a new facing on, as of a garment.
70. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
74. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
75. A telegram sent abroad.
76. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
77. An elaborate song for solo voice.
78. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
79. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
82. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
83. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
85. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
86. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
87. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
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