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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
9. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
13. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
16. The basic unit of money in Albania.
17. Make oneself subject to.
18. A special way of doing something.
19. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
21. The radical -NO3 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid).
23. The act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
25. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
27. A procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
31. A Loloish language.
32. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
34. Being one more than one hundred.
36. Made warm or hot.
38. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
41. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
45. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
47. A member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste.
49. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
50. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
51. Capital of Swaziland.
53. An investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods.
56. An awkward stupid person.
57. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
58. Goddess of fate.
61. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
63. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
65. A ribbon used as a decoration.
66. English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705).
67. Half the width of an em.
68. A state in northwestern North America.
69. Tasting like vinegar.
71. A heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal.
72. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
75. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
77. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
79. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
83. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
90. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
91. A shape that sags.
92. Long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family.
95. Not in action or at work.
97. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
98. Step on it.
99. Any taillike structure.
100. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.
101. The sign language used in the United States.
102. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
103. State in northeastern India.
104. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
105. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
3. Jordan's port.
4. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
5. A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off).
6. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
7. Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938).
8. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
9. Greek poet who is said to have originated Greek tragedy (sixth century BC).
10. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
11. Squash bugs.
12. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
13. Marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction.
14. Pretentious or silly talk or writing.
15. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
22. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
24. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
26. Relating to or being a member of an ethnic group.
30. Someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. Not liable to error.
37. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
39. The literary intelligentsia.
40. English writer (1840-1893).
42. Genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions.
43. (British) Any of certain cathedrals and large churches.
44. Of structural members especially of concrete.
46. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
54. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
55. A fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage.
59. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
60. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
62. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
64. All the loaves of bread baked at the same time.
70. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
73. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
74. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
76. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
78. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
80. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
81. Lower in esteem.
82. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
84. Type genus of the Majidae.
85. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
86. The leg from the knee to foot.
87. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
88. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
89. On or toward the lee.
93. An associate degree in applied science.
94. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
96. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
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