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1. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
5. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
9. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
13. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
16. (Roman mythology) God of love.
17. A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city.
18. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
19. Being one more than two.
20. Stalk of a moss capsule.
21. Abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes.
23. An informal term for a youth or man.
25. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
27. A badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together).
29. A kiln for drying hops.
30. The levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa).
32. A synthetic narcotic drug (trade name Demerol) used to treat pain.
34. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
35. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
38. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
40. Like a baby especially in dependence.
45. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
46. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
49. An active volcano in southwestern Mexico.
50. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
52. A mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten.
54. Half the width of an em.
55. Fecal matter of animals.
56. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
57. A cigar made with light-colored tobacco.
58. Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor.
60. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
61. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
63. Striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects.
65. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
66. An atom or molecule or radical or ion that forms a complex around a central atom.
69. Fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs.
70. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
71. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
72. Expected hopefully.
74. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
78. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
80. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
81. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
87. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
88. A region of western India north of Bombay (bordering the Arabian Sea) where Gujarati is spoken.
92. Liquid excretory product.
93. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
94. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
96. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
97. An electrically charged particle.
98. Of or relating to alga.
99. A Hindu prince or king in India.
100. Of southern Europe.
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1. Of or in or relating to the nose.
2. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
3. Valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves.
4. Addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous).
5. A conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments.
6. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
7. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
8. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
9. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
10. A state in midwestern United States.
11. Swedish chemist (born in Germany) who discovered oxygen before Priestley did (1742-1786).
12. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
13. Humorously vulgar.
14. Affected manners intended to impress others.
15. Having relatively few calories.
22. A landslide of mud.
24. Lighted by moonlight.
26. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
28. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
31. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
33. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
36. Any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juice.
37. Having no roof.
39. The lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level.
41. A dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot.
42. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
43. An immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ.
44. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
47. An extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America).
48. Of or relating to the hyoid bone n.
51. A disreputable or clumsy man.
53. Of or relating to a taxonomic order.
59. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
62. Wearing or provided with clothing.
64. Mostly black African weaverbird.
67. Applying to all or most members of a category or group.
68. Jordan's port.
73. A midwestern state in north central United States.
75. A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo).
76. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
77. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
79. Jordan's port.
82. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
83. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
84. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
85. Goddess of fertility.
86. A boy or man.
89. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
90. A sharp projection on an edge or surface.
91. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
95. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
96. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
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