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1. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
4. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
9. A French abbot.
13. 10 grams.
16. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
17. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
18. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
19. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
20. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
21. An island of central Hawaii.
22. A genus of Mustelidae.
23. Bright and pleasant.
24. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
26. Artificial and inferior.
28. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
29. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles).
30. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
31. German composer.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
35. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
37. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
39. A condition requiring relief.
41. The cry made by sheep.
43. The movement or sound of water.
47. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
51. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
53. Indigo bush.
54. Malicious burning to destroy property.
55. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
59. Order by virtue of superior authority.
60. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
61. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
63. Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top.
64. An informal conversation.
66. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
67. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
68. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
69. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
72. Endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys.
73. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
74. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
75. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
78. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
81. A vigorous blow.
83. French philosopher and theologian.
87. A used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads.
91. The content of cognition.
92. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
93. A Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings.
96. Having the beard or hair cut off close to the skin.
98. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
99. Type genus of the Cimicidae.
100. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
102. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
103. (Irish) The sea personified.
104. Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness).
105. A blast of a horn.
106. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
107. A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
3. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
4. A share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given.
5. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
6. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
7. Mites and ticks.
8. The third month of the civil year.
9. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
10. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani.
11. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
12. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
13. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
14. Jordan's port.
15. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
25. A city in south central California in the San Joaquin Valley.
27. On or toward the lee.
29. A port city in southwestern Iran.
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. Naturally having skin of a dark color.
38. A branch of the Tai languages.
40. A light touch or stroke.
42. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
44. (Babylonian) Father of the gods.
45. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
46. A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan.
48. North American rat snakes.
49. Of or belonging to an aecium.
50. Potentially existing but not presently evident or realized.
56. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
57. A mental representation of some haunting experience.
58. Fastened with stitches.
62. A feeling of intense anger.
65. A bureaucrat who levies taxes.
68. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
70. A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula.
71. Very spicy sauce made from tabasco peppers.
72. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
76. British informal term.
77. A Mid-Atlantic state.
79. A projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water.
80. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
82. American Revolutionary patriot.
84. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an analgesic and antipyretic.
85. Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals.
86. An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
88. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
89. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
90. The act of giving temporary assistance.
94. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
95. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
97. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
101. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
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