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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. State in northeastern India.
9. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
13. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
16. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
17. (music) The system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written.
18. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
19. A column of light (as from a beacon).
20. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
21. Genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas.
23. Having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter.
25. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
27. An overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship.
28. Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs.
29. Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance.
31. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
32. A city in south central Belgium situated on a promontory between the Meuse River and the Sambre River.
35. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
38. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
41. Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes.
44. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
46. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
47. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
48. An island northwest of Wales.
52. (of champagne) Extremely dry.
54. A town in north central Oklahoma.
55. Bring into existence.
56. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
57. The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located).
58. A small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine.
59. A blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl.
61. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
63. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
65. An edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter).
66. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
70. The twelfth month of the civil year.
71. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
75. Antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia.
79. Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares.
82. Of or like a cecum.
83. Greek mythology.
87. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
90. One thousandth of a second.
92. A resource.
93. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
94. A notice of someone's death.
95. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
96. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
97. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
98. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
99. (Roman mythology) God of love.
100. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. The residue that remains when something is burned.
5. Personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task.
6. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
7. Any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers.
8. Mint plants.
9. A cloth having a crisscross design.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
12. (Bible) The archangel who was the messenger of God.
13. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
14. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
15. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
22. A state in midwestern United States.
24. 1 species.
26. A custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child.
30. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
33. Expressing pain or agony.
34. One of the three prairie provinces in central Canada.
36. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
37. A seaport on the Don River near the Sea of Azov in the European part of Russia.
39. The basic unit of money in Bhutan.
40. That can be given a date.
42. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
43. Water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs.
45. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
49. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
50. Capable of being corrupted.
51. A state in New England.
53. A cyst on the underside of the tongue.
60. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
62. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
64. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
67. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
68. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
69. Lacking motor coordination.
70. Mint plants.
72. A bachelor's degree in science.
73. Any seed plant yielding balsam.
74. (formerly) A cavalryman armed with a lance.
76. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
77. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
78. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
80. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
81. On or toward the lee.
84. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
85. A genus of Mustelidae.
86. The sixth month of the civil year.
88. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
89. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
91. The capital and largest city of Japan.
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