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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. A Loloish language.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds.
16. God of death.
17. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
18. A primeval personification of air and breath.
19. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
20. Fruit of the oak tree.
21. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
24. (Christianity) The abode of Satan and the forces of evil.
27. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
28. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
30. A beckoning gesture.
31. A vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song).
32. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
34. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
38. The eleventh month of the civil year.
40. Any high mountain.
41. Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences.
43. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
44. Australian clover fern.
46. Occurring or payable every year.
48. (prefix) Within.
49. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
52. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
54. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
55. A Hindu prince or king in India.
57. (Sumerian) Legendary friend of Gilgamish.
59. Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking.
61. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
62. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
63. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
64. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea.
70. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
74. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
77. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
80. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
81. Expressing earnest entreaty.
84. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
87. A state in northwestern North America.
88. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
90. Of or relating to or involving an area.
92. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
93. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
95. Declare or acknowledge to be true.
97. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
98. Not in good physical or mental health.
99. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
100. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
101. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
102. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. A horse used to set the pace in racing.
3. A genus of Scolopacidae.
4. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
5. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
6. A port city in western Kenya on the northeastern shore of Lake Victoria.
7. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
8. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
9. A member of the British order of honor.
10. The animal order including amoebas.
11. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
12. An associate degree in nursing.
13. Wearing or provided with clothing.
14. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
15. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping.
22. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
23. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
25. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
26. Narrow platform.
29. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
33. Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender.
35. A port city in western France on the Loire estuary.
36. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
37. Of a leaf shape.
39. Leave voluntarily.
42. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
45. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
47. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
50. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
51. Squash bugs.
53. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
56. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
58. French philosopher and critic.
60. In a vehement outcry.
67. Of or relating to the diaphragm.
68. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
69. 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.
71. Any oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents.
72. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
73. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
75. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
76. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
78. Deciduous shrub of North America.
79. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
82. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
83. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
85. With no effort to conceal.
86. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
89. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
91. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
94. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
95. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
96. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
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