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1. Used of a single unit or thing.
4. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
9. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
13. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
16. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
17. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
18. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
19. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
20. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
21. The 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
22. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
23. The fatty flesh of eel.
24. Heavy closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents).
26. Fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes.
29. A state in midwestern United States.
32. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
35. (Irish) Goddess of fire and fertility and agriculture and household arts and wisdom.
37. A city in northern Iraq on the River Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh.
41. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
43. Wood of any of various mahogany trees.
45. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
47. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
49. (prefix) Within.
50. Romanian sculptor noted for abstractions of animal forms (1876-1957).
53. The ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria.
54. Inflammation of the aorta.
55. By bad luck.
57. A decree that prohibits something.
58. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
59. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
60. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
62. Being nine more than ninety.
64. The habitation of wild animals.
66. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
67. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
70. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
74. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
75. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
76. A dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China.
78. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
80. Make amendments to.
83. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
85. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
88. Small brownish European songbird.
90. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
92. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
93. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
94. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
96. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
97. A light touch or stroke.
98. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
99. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
100. In bed.
101. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
4. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
5. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
6. A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock.
7. A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river.
8. A Spanish courtesy title for a girl or unmarried woman.
9. Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909).
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. Armor plate that protects the chest.
12. The sign language used in the United States.
13. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
14. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
15. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
25. Acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity.
27. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
28. A final climactic stage.
30. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
31. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
33. A mild rebuke or criticism.
34. Move away from a place into another direction.
36. Covered with paving material.
38. A bag filled with sand.
39. Impossible to achieve.
40. A former province of east central France.
42. (of weapons or instruments) Causing suffering and pain.
44. Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs.
46. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
48. German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969).
51. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high).
52. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
56. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
61. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
63. 100 pfennigs equal 1 Deutsche Mark.
64. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
65. An electrical device used to introduce reactance into a circuit.
68. A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees.
69. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
71. A Loloish language.
72. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
73. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
77. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
79. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
80. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
81. United States naturalist (born in England) who advocated the creation of national parks (1838-1914).
82. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
84. Fill to satisfaction.
86. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
87. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
89. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
91. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
95. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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