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1. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
4. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
9. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
13. (informal) Roused to anger.
16. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
17. (music) A notation written at the beginning or end of a passage that is to be repeated.
18. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
19. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
20. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
22. Tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips.
24. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
25. The excrement of sea birds.
26. Half woman and half fish.
29. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
30. An associate degree in nursing.
32. Informal terms for a mother.
33. An orderly pile.
36. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
39. A French abbot.
45. A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
46. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
47. Any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juice.
49. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
51. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
52. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Tyrol or its people.
53. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
54. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
57. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
58. A professional cook.
59. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
60. The epithelial tissue of the endometrium.
63. In operation or operational.
64. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
65. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
69. A city in south central Belgium situated on a promontory between the Meuse River and the Sambre River.
71. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
72. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
73. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
76. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
80. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
81. Headlight that provides strong beam for use in foggy weather.
84. A fraudulent business scheme.
86. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
90. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
91. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
94. Wearing or provided with clothing.
96. The month following April and preceding June.
97. Fiddler crabs.
98. (chemistry) Relating to or containing the azido group N3.
99. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
100. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
101. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
102. (Greek mythology) The beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris.
103. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
104. The residue that remains when something is burned.
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1. Either of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head.
2. Blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel.
3. American dwarf fan palms.
4. An ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle.
5. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
6. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
7. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
8. A blind god.
9. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
10. Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves.
11. Toward the mouth or oral region.
12. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
13. The vein in the center of a leaf.
14. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
15. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
21. Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth.
23. Enter into a list of prospective jurors.
27. Take or catch as if in a snare or trap.
28. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
31. A heavy precious metallic element.
34. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
35. A woman's large folded hooped hood.
37. (anatomy) A notch or small hollow.
38. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
40. Type genus of the Balaenidae.
41. Pertaining to or constituting a base or basis.
42. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
43. The sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate.
44. The brightest star in Cygnus.
48. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
50. 1 species.
55. Of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals.
56. The sixth month of the civil year.
61. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
62. Wearing footgear.
66. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
67. An associate degree in applied science.
68. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
70. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
74. Affect with wonder.
75. A British doctorate.
77. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
78. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
79. Indigo bush.
80. A public promotion of some product or service.
82. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
83. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
85. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
87. Type genus of the Amiidae.
88. South African term for `boss'.
89. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
92. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
93. The longest division of geological time.
95. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
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