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1. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
4. Lean end of the neck.
9. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
13. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
16. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
17. A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something.
18. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
19. Noisy talk.
20. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
21. A simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids.
23. A large fleet.
25. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
27. Suitable for or suggestive of singing.
29. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
30. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
32. A Bantu language.
34. Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs.
38. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
42. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
45. 1/10 gram.
49. A feeling of intense anger.
50. The basic unit of money in Peru.
52. Reveal the true nature of.
53. A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips.
54. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
56. Avatar of Vishnu.
58. A city in Tuscany.
59. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
61. God of wealth and love.
63. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
64. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
65. Italian (Roman Catholic) theologian remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology (1225-1274).
68. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
69. An implement used to erase something.
71. Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument.
74. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
75. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
79. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
82. A short sleep (usually not in bed).
84. English architect (1746-1813).
87. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
88. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
90. A thrusting blow with a knife.
92. An elaborate song for solo voice.
93. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
95. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
96. Being here now.
97. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
98. The bill in a restaurant.
99. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
100. The highest level or degree attainable.
101. The upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk.
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1. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
2. Encountered generally especially at the present time.
3. A word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian).
4. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
5. Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977).
6. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
7. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
8. A zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere between Taurus and Cancer on the ecliptic.
9. A republic on the Isthmus of Panama.
10. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
11. The cry made by sheep.
12. The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac.
13. The eighth month of the civil year.
14. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
15. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
22. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
24. A drop where mail can be deposited.
26. Of or concerning Qatar.
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
31. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
33. South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950).
35. Someone who communicates by signals.
36. A fraudulent business scheme.
37. A woman sahib.
39. Any of various plants of the genus Aralia.
40. Of or relating to or characteristic of the former country of Yugoslavia or its people or languages.
41. Disposed or willing to comply.
43. Used especially in treating bruises.
44. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
46. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
47. Found along western Atlantic coast.
48. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
51. Of warm coasts from Australia to Asia.
55. A set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together.
57. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
60. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
62. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
66. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Sichuan.
67. Kenyan statesman and the first president of independent Kenya (1893-1978).
68. The eighth month of the civil year.
70. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
72. Legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
73. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
74. A rapid bustling commotion.
76. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers.
77. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
78. Arm again.
80. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
81. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
83. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
85. A native American tent.
86. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
89. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
91. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
92. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
94. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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