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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
9. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
16. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
17. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
18. Little known Kamarupan languages.
19. Late time of life.
20. An affirmative.
21. The branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy.
23. Be in contradiction with.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships.
28. A person whose occupation is making and altering garments.
31. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
32. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
34. Located in or toward the back or rear.
36. A structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young.
40. Capital and largest city of Togo.
43. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
44. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
46. Make less active or intense.
48. Fallow deer.
49. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
50. A postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory.
52. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
54. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
57. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
58. The father of your father or mother.
60. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
62. That is to say.
63. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
65. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
67. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
68. United States writer (1871-1900).
72. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
73. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
74. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
78. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
79. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
82. A mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys.
86. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
89. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
90. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
91. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
92. Type genus of the Amiidae.
94. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
95. A decree that prohibits something.
96. Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars.
97. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
98. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
99. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
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1. Common Indian weaverbird.
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. The seventh and last day of the week.
5. Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit.
6. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
7. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
8. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
9. Out of fashion.
10. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
11. Make sense of.
12. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
13. A notable achievement.
14. Of or being the lowest female voice.
15. A European river.
22. Type genus of the Coerebidae.
24. An island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea.
26. Old World woody vines.
29. A genus of Pleuronectidae.
30. A state in the eastern United States.
33. Someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place.
35. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
37. A card game for 2 players.
38. A mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high).
39. Common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers.
41. A nation in northern North America.
42. Genus of tropical Old World trees.
45. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. Only the bowfins.
51. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
53. A public promotion of some product or service.
55. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
56. Before noon.
59. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
61. A city in western Saudi Arabia.
64. A region in central Italy.
65. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
66. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
69. A port city in southwestern Iran.
70. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
71. A unit of subjective loudness.
73. Any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae.
75. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
76. An athlete who plays basketball.
77. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
78. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
80. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
81. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
83. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
84. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
85. Type genus of the Anatidae.
87. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
88. An associate degree in applied science.
93. One million periods per second.
94. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
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