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1. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
4. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
9. An awkward stupid person.
13. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
16. An accidental happening.
17. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
18. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
19. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
20. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
21. A stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the shins.
23. A motley assortment of things.
25. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
27. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
29. A deep bow.
32. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
33. The person who plays that position on a football team.
36. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
39. Offering fun and gaiety.
43. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
46. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
47. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
48. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
50. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
51. Any wrongdoing for which and action for damages may be brought.
53. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
54. The eighth month of the civil year.
55. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
56. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
58. Related on the mother's side.
59. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
62. New Zealand conifer.
63. Provided with artificial light.
64. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
65. Being nine more than ninety.
68. A storyteller in West Africa.
70. A Russian river.
75. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
76. Strip something of drapery.
77. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
80. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
82. In or of the month preceding the present one.
84. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
88. An honorary law degree.
91. Shattered or torn up or torn apart violently as by e.g. wind or lightning or explosive.
93. Resembling or similar.
94. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
95. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
96. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
97. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
98. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
99. With no effort to conceal.
100. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
101. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
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1. Hit hard.
2. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. Someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement.
5. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
6. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
7. Transient cessation of respiration.
8. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
9. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
10. Before noon.
11. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.
12. African mahogany trees.
13. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
14. The complete duration of something.
15. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
22. A state in northwestern North America.
24. The molding at the top of a column.
26. (used especially of glances) Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy.
28. A decree that prohibits something.
30. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
31. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
34. Demand as being one's due or property.
35. Related to or written for or performed by a chorus or choir.
37. Directed downward.
38. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
40. A language spoken by a Malaysian people on Formosa.
41. The period between successive new moons (29.531 days).
42. A long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. A small nail.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
57. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
60. Used chiefly as a direction or description in music.
61. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
66. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
67. A region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps.
68. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
69. Worn until no longer useful.
70. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
71. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
72. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
73. Entangle or catch in in or as if in a mesh.
74. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
78. Region of western Asia Minor colonized by Ancient Greeks.
79. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
81. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
83. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
85. A genus of Mustelidae.
86. Similar or related in quality or character.
87. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves.
89. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
90. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
92. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
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