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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality.
9. 100 kobos equal 1 naira.
13. A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.
16. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
17. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
18. The sixth month of the civil year.
19. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
20. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
21. A support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute).
22. A rational motive for a belief or action.
24. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
26. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
27. Any plant of the genus Hibiscus.
29. Reading carefully with intent to remember.
31. A daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations.
32. Type genus of the Amiidae.
35. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people.
36. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
38. Having a rim or a rim of a specified kind.
39. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
43. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
44. Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue.
49. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
51. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
52. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
53. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
54. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
57. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
60. Any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae) v 1.
62. Not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
66. A house for storing ice.
69. Used of a single unit or thing.
70. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
73. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
76. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
77. English writer of detective fiction (1893-1957).
81. Speaking a Slavic language.
86. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
87. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
88. Of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization.
90. A motley assortment of things.
92. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
94. A fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services.
95. An atom having a valence of one.
97. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
99. Call upon in supplication.
100. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
101. A genus of Ploceidae.
102. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
103. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
104. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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1. (heraldry) An ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals.
5. Extinct order of jawless vertebrates.
6. United States lyricist who collaborated on musicals with Frederick Loewe (1918-1986).
7. A Spanish courtesy title for a girl or unmarried woman.
8. (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld.
9. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
10. A doctor's degree in optometry.
11. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
12. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc.
13. Involving financial matters.
14. The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form.
15. Large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors.
23. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
25. Annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages.
28. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
30. Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals.
33. French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791).
34. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
37. Two items of the same kind.
40. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
41. A comedian who uses gags.
42. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
45. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
46. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
47. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
48. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
50. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
55. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
56. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
58. Take back what one has said.
59. A state in northwestern North America.
61. Take by theft.
63. A large number or amount.
67. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
68. A large table centerpiece with branching holders for fruit or sweets or flowers.
69. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc.
71. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
72. A state in southeastern United States.
74. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
75. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
78. American dramatist (1928- ).
79. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
80. An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).
82. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
83. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
84. Toward the mouth or oral region.
85. A quantity of no importance.
89. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
91. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
93. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
96. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
98. 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.
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