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1. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
5. Extinct order of jawless vertebrates.
13. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
17. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
18. A great raja.
19. An appreciable consequence (especially a lessening).
20. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
22. An ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile.
23. United States naturalist (born in England) who advocated the creation of national parks (1838-1914).
24. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
25. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
28. A large fan consisting of a frame covered with canvas that is suspended from the ceiling.
30. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
31. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
41. A knight honored for valor.
43. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
47. Submersible vessel for one or two persons.
49. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. Having had the bones removed.
52. Arranged in or consisting of laminae.
56. A person who makes use of a thing.
57. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
58. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
60. A light carried in the hand.
62. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
64. Malicious burning to destroy property.
65. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
68. 100 bututs equal 1 dalasi.
69. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
70. Of a leaf shape.
75. The act of forcing the enemy to withdraw.
79. (Judaism) Not conforming to dietary laws.
82. Dwell (archaic).
83. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
84. Having been read.
85. Someone who leaves.
88. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
90. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
91. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
92. (Roman Catholic Church) The supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts.
93. Goddess of fertility.
94. (used especially of persons) Having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age.
95. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
96. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
97. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
98. A negative.
99. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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1. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
2. A small quantity of liquid.
3. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
4. Relatively low in price or charging low prices.
5. Before noon.
6. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
7. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
8. Of or pertaining to Sabah or its people.
9. Affectedly dainty or refined.
10. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
11. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. The supreme commander of a fleet.
14. Use again after processing.
15. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
16. A violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family.
21. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
26. Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness.
27. (Australian and New Zealand) A disparaging term for English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand.
29. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
32. Woolly aphids.
33. Having unnatural mannerisms.
36. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
37. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
38. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
40. United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914).
42. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
44. A town in central Belgium.
45. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
46. A former French unit of area.
48. A state in north central United States.
53. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
54. Wearing protective mail.
55. Of or relating to or resembling a shrub.
59. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
61. Norse chieftan who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931).
63. Informal terms for a mother.
66. The state of being a man.
67. The branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points.
68. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
71. Virility drug (trade name Viagra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men.
72. Any small branched yellow-flowered North American herb of the genus Krigia.
73. Any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudo-bulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers.
74. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
76. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
77. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
78. A young child.
80. Suggestive of the supernatural.
81. Type genus of the Ranidae.
86. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
87. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
89. The residue that remains when something is burned.
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