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1. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
4. Flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States.
8. Ulcerated chilblain on the heel.
12. Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit.
16. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
17. A portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs).
18. Affected by wear.
19. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
20. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
21. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
23. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars supported on uprights.
24. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
25. A city in northeastern China.
27. A region of western India north of Bombay (bordering the Arabian Sea) where Gujarati is spoken.
29. How long something has existed.
31. The capital of Croatia.
33. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
35. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
38. Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
42. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
45. A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.
47. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
49. A state in the western United States.
50. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
51. A French river.
52. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
54. (usually plural) A destructive action.
56. A point located with respect to surface features of some region.
57. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
58. Related on the mother's side.
60. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
61. In operation or operational.
62. Someone who drives racing cars at high speeds.
63. Free from dirt or impurities.
64. Closed with a lace.
66. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
67. A state in midwestern United States.
69. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
70. A shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle.
72. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
74. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
77. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
78. The Greek lyric poet of Lesbos.
87. Low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage.
89. An extinct ancient language of unknown affinities.
90. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
91. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
94. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
95. Being one more than nine.
96. A city in Tuscany.
97. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
98. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
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1. Type genus of the Pipidae.
2. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
3. Of or like a cecum.
4. The male reproductive organ of a flower.
5. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
6. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
7. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
8. A festival featuring African-American culture.
9. An electrically charged particle.
10. Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876).
11. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.
12. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
13. The sixth month of the civil year.
14. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
15. In or of the present month.
22. 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.
26. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
28. A precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry.
30. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
32. (linguistics) Belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings.
34. A large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa.
36. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
37. A colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs.
39. Having three units or components or elements.
40. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
41. A false or unsupportable quality.
43. Of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba.
44. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
46. A sneezeweed of southwestern United States especially southern California.
48. 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble.
53. A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.
55. Being unoccupied.
59. One million periods per second.
65. Run away secretly with one's beloved.
68. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
71. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
73. King of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839).
75. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws.
76. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
79. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
80. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
81. A fastener for a door or lid.
82. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
83. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
84. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval).
85. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
86. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
88. An associate degree in applied science.
92. Being one more than one hundred.
93. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
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