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1. 3 to 30 kilohertz.
4. Wood of a pecan tree.
9. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
13. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
16. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
17. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
18. An informal term for a father.
19. Any high mountain.
20. Lac purified by heating and filtering.
22. Of or in or relating to the nose.
24. Compete for something.
25. A person to whom money is paid.
26. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds.
29. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
30. 1 species.
31. German romantic poet (1787-1862).
33. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
35. A town in north central Oklahoma.
36. Deeply moved.
37. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
44. A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
48. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
50. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
51. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
54. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
55. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
57. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
58. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
59. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
60. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity.
63. A column of light (as from a beacon).
64. Spaced apart.
67. Anneal or toughen by a process of gradually heating and cooling.
70. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
71. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
74. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
76. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
80. An enzyme that occurs in gastric juice.
82. Makeup applied to emphasize the shape of the eyes.
85. Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp.
86. Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit.
88. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
89. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
91. Characteristic of false pride.
93. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
94. God of death.
95. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
96. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
97. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
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1. Type genus of the Vespidae.
2. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
3. Goddess of love and fecundity.
4. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
5. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
6. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
7. A state in northwestern North America.
8. (Hinduism and Buddhism) The beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation.
9. (British) A person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes.
10. A Loloish language.
11. Large Old World butterflies.
12. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
13. A warning against certain acts.
14. An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.
15. Pass in a specific way.
21. (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree.
23. Member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.
27. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
28. Wool of the alpaca.
32. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca.
34. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
38. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
39. Not hallowed or consecrated.
40. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
41. A bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll.
42. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
43. German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944).
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. A fibrous amphibole.
47. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.
49. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
52. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
53. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
56. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
61. An persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing inflammation and itching and loss of hair.
62. Related on the mother's side.
65. A small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell.
66. Genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions.
67. (Hinduism and Buddhism) The beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation.
68. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
69. Shrubby plant with aromatic grayish-green leaves used as a cooking herb.
72. The sacred city of Lamaism.
73. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
75. Cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful.
76. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
77. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
78. Having a tone of a reed instrument.
79. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
81. A Russian river.
83. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
84. A narrow way or road.
87. A pass between mountain peaks.
90. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
92. Not out.
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