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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
9. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
13. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
16. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
17. Of or in or relating to the nose.
18. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
19. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. A person of Iranian descent.
24. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
26. Loud confused noise from many sources.
29. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
32. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
34. An inhabitant of Lappland.
35. Pertaining to or involving or having the nature of space.
37. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
38. The cry made by sheep.
40. A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity.
41. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
43. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
46. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
47. English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third.
50. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
54. Belonging to some prior time.
55. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
56. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
57. Someone who sets snares for birds or small animals.
60. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
62. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
64. That is to say.
65. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
66. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
67. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
68. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
70. A bachelor's degree in theology.
73. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
74. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
75. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
77. A Christian Bishop who translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic (311-382).
81. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
82. The residue that remains when something is burned.
83. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
84. Set down according to a plan.
86. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
88. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
90. Give a benediction to.
93. Bottle that has a narrow neck.
96. A stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the shins.
98. A pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handled saw.
100. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
101. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
102. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
104. English monk and scholar (672-735).
105. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
106. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
107. An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
108. The act of scanning.
109. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. A blind god.
3. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
4. A city in southern California (southeast of Los Angeles).
5. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
6. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
9. Take the place of.
10. True firs.
11. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
12. 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.
13. (India) Absolutely first class and genuine.
14. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
15. A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended.
21. American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815).
23. (used of especially horses) Having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray.
25. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
27. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
28. A shout to attract attention.
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
33. An unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.
36. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
39. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
42. The sister of your father or mother.
44. Highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic.
45. An incorrect deal.
48. Relatively deep or strong.
49. Any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors.
51. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
53. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
58. A partly sheltered anchorage.
59. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
61. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
63. A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck.
69. A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about.
71. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
72. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
76. Shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort).
78. A breast-shaped mass of padding worn in a brassiere.
79. The content of cognition.
80. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.
85. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
87. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
89. Offering fun and gaiety.
91. The compass point that is one point south of southwest.
92. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
94. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
95. God of love and erotic desire.
97. The habitation of wild animals.
99. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
103. One million periods per second.
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