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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Any bird of the genus Pitta.
9. Cattle that are reared for their meat.
13. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. Having leadership guidance.
17. Disposed of as useless.
18. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
19. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
20. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
21. Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand.
23. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
25. Type genus of the Apidae.
28. German mathematician (1804-1851).
30. Of or relating to or produced by or being a gene.
31. The bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps.
34. Purchasing back something previously sold.
36. An ester of glycerol and stearic acid.
38. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula.
39. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
45. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
46. A loss of will power.
48. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
49. The petals of a flower collectively forming an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth.
53. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
55. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
56. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
57. (music) Progressing melodically by intervals of a second.
60. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
61. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
62. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
65. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
68. Used especially in treating bruises.
69. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
71. 35th President of the United States.
72. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
76. English economist who argued that the laws of supply and demand should operate in a free market (1772-1823).
80. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
82. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
83. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
84. A city and port in northern Jutland.
87. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
89. Liquid excretory product.
90. Having a smooth, gleaming surface.
91. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
93. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
94. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
95. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
96. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
97. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
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1. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. A public promotion of some product or service.
4. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
5. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
6. Roman emperor and adoptive son of Nerva.
7. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
8. With rapid movements.
9. Divulge information or secrets.
10. 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.
11. Take in solid food.
12. Antiprotozoal medication (trade name Flagyl) used to treat trichomoniasis and giardiasis.
13. 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).
14. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
15. A written order directing a bank to pay money.
22. Either of 2 species of the genus Roridula.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. The process of forming and relating ideas.
27. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
29. Of or relating to the Iberian peninsula or its inhabitants.
32. Crowd or pack to capacity.
33. Of a pale purple color.
35. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
37. Of or concerning this or that.
40. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
41. Very dark black.
42. A person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies.
43. A nation in northern North America.
44. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
47. A town twenty miles east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name).
50. Come to pass.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. A chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia halfway between New Guinea and Japan.
54. An arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land.
58. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
59. King of the Vandals who seized Roman lands and invaded North Africa and sacked Rome (428-477).
63. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
64. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
66. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
67. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
70. Duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females.
73. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
74. Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell.
75. (medieval Europe) A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord.
77. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
78. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
79. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
80. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
81. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
85. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
86. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
88. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
92. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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