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1. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
4. Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use.
9. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
13. A small drink of liquor.
16. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
17. A liquid preparation used on wet hair to it a tint.
18. (nautical) Situated at or toward the bow of a vessel.
19. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
20. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
21. Order by virtue of superior authority.
22. Having been read.
23. British informal term.
24. A high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line.
26. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
32. Wild rice.
34. Capable of being scaled.
38. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
39. A port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean.
44. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
45. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
48. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
50. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
51. Disposed of as useless.
53. United States writer of stories and plays (1894-1946).
55. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
57. Step on it.
58. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
60. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
61. A town in north central Oklahoma.
63. Giant shipworms.
64. Not of long duration.
65. The Fate who determines the length of the thread of life.
68. A Spanish river.
71. Norse chieftan who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931).
75. A long-playing phonograph record.
77. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
78. English essayist (1775-1834).
81. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
83. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
86. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
88. The cry made by sheep.
89. Occurring at the beginning.
91. Chief of the Vanir.
92. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
93. World's longest river (4187 miles).
94. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
96. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
97. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
98. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
99. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
100. Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856).
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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 informal term for a father.
3. Disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people.
4. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
5. Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
6. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
7. The act of escaping physically.
8. Stalk of a moss capsule.
9. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
10. A small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymes.
11. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
12. A doctor's degree in education.
13. A tranquilizer (trade name Navane) used to treat schizophrenia.
14. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
15. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
25. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
27. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
28. East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry.
31. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
33. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
35. In chemistry.
36. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
37. Thunderous verbal attack.
40. Back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked.
41. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
42. Supply with battlements.
43. Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence.
46. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
52. The German state.
54. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
56. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
59. Fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill.
62. Goddess of war.
66. Making low inarticulate sound as e.g. of pain or sorrow.
67. A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula.
68. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
69. A city in central Florida.
70. Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal).
71. A tranquilizer (trade name Navane) used to treat schizophrenia.
72. Arrived at without due care or effort.
73. The basic unit of money in Lesotho.
74. Being one more than one.
76. A point located with respect to surface features of some region.
79. Reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa.
80. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
82. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
84. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
85. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
87. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
88. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
90. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
95. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
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