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1. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
4. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
8. The highest level or degree attainable.
12. Petty quarrel.
16. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
17. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
18. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
19. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
20. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
21. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
22. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
23. English essayist (1775-1834).
24. Consisting of or made of cedar.
26. (chemistry) Relating to or containing the azido group N3.
28. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
29. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
31. Lack of sophistication or worldliness.
33. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
36. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
39. (of persons) So unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility.
42. Relating to or characteristic of Arabs.
43. Soft creamy candy v 1.
46. Based upon or representing political parties.
47. The chance to speak.
49. American filmmaker and comic actor (1935- ).
50. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
54. A bloody and prolonged operation in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).
55. In a lurid manner.
57. A person afflicted with leprosy.
60. A larval frog or toad.
61. Small cherry much liked by birds.
63. Being one more than one.
64. Before noon.
65. A notable achievement.
68. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
69. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
70. French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944).
73. Any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship.
76. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
77. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
79. Free from duties or responsibilities.
82. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
84. An active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes.
87. Treasure of unknown ownership found hidden (usually in the earth).
88. A three-year law degree.
91. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
92. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
93. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
95. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
96. 10 grams.
97. Extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic.
98. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
99. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
3. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
4. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
5. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. One of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split.
9. Any taillike structure.
10. Essential equal to suborder Myomorpha with the Dipodidae excluded.
11. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
12. Of or relating to a spectrum.
13. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
14. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
15. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
25. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
27. A unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc.
30. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
32. Occurring earlier in time.
34. A river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River.
35. French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524).
37. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
38. A special anniversary.
40. Someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else.
41. Two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context.
44. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
45. Glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief.
48. So adjusted as to be appropriate or brought into harmony.
51. A genus of Hirundinidae.
52. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
53. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
56. Having a hemispherical vault or dome.
58. Imperial moths.
59. Free from duties or responsibilities.
62. A mass of undifferentiated cells from with an organ or body part develops.
66. A division of the United Kingdom.
67. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
71. A motley assortment of things.
72. A member of a legation.
73. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
74. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
75. A small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade.
78. Characterized by liveliness and light-heartedness.
79. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
80. (used of count nouns) Each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception.
81. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
83. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
85. Type genus of the Amiidae.
86. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
89. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
90. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
94. Being nine more than forty.
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