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1. Express or utter with a hiss.
5. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
9. The handle of a weapon or tool.
13. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
16. English writer (1925-1994).
17. A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.
18. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
19. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
20. Exerting a favorable or beneficent influence.
22. Provide with a coating, as of chocolates.
23. A pass between mountain peaks.
24. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. (archaic) Powerful.
29. A cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte).
31. Granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings.
32. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
34. A plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate.
36. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
39. An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
42. Having an oblique or slanted direction.
46. Capturing cattle or horses with a lasso.
49. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
51. Having a smooth, gleaming surface.
52. A river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn.
53. Box and water turtles.
55. Not present.
56. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
58. Someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others.
59. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
60. Fiddler crabs.
61. Type genus of the Anatidae.
63. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
66. A trade language widely used in Chad.
68. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
70. In a humane manner.
72. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
73. Wearing or provided with clothing.
75. The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon.
76. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
77. Small room on a ship or boat where people sleep.
79. A sudden numbing dread.
83. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
88. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
92. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
93. Completely devoid of wisdom or good sense.
95. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
96. A primeval personification of air and breath.
97. Some held in custody.
98. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
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1. The compass point that is one point south of southwest.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
3. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
4. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy.
5. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
6. Deteriorated by decay or rot.
7. Being nine more than forty.
8. A metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe).
9. A chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck.
10. Agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central and South America and West Indies.
11. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
12. A wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages.
13. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
14. An unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.
15. A low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water.
21. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
26. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
28. Type genus of the Sillaginidae.
30. Greek geometer (3rd century BC).
33. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
35. (used of hair or fur) Of a reddish brown color.
37. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
38. An associate degree in nursing.
40. Relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters.
41. A quantity of no importance.
43. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
44. Relating to the pineal body.
45. (physics) The capacity of a physical system to do work.
47. A republic in central Europe.
48. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
50. Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II.
54. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
57. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
62. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
64. (informal) Roused to anger.
65. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
67. A colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin.
69. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
71. Water scorpions.
72. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
74. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
75. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
78. A nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank.
80. Remote and separate physically or socially.
81. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
82. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
84. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
85. A digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
86. Marked by rude or peremptory shortness.
87. An informal term for a father.
89. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
90. Towards the side away from the wind.
91. Minor or subordinate.
92. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
94. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
95. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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