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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. A Loloish language.
12. Immediately past.
16. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
17. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
18. Capital of Vanuatu.
19. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
20. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
21. A used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads.
23. Yellow carotenoid pigments in plants and animal fats and egg yolks.
25. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
27. Used of decomposing oils or fats.
28. English novelist.
29. (botany) Relating to or attached to the axis.
32. A bachelor's degree in architecture.
36. (pathology) Tending to become more severe or wider in scope.
42. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
43. Someone who waters plants or crops.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. Dark sweet or semisweet dessert wine from Sicily.
50. Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange.
51. The waging of armed conflict against an enemy.
53. A cyst on the underside of the tongue.
55. Type genus of the Amiidae.
57. Of or relating to or characteristic of Yemen or its inhabitants.
58. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
59. Tear or be torn violently.
60. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
62. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
63. A power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed v 1.
65. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
67. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
68. A public promotion of some product or service.
71. (used colloquially) Having the relationship of friends or pals.
73. Having two axes.
79. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
82. (Babylonian) The sky god.
83. Greek mythology.
85. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
88. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
89. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
90. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
91. (informal) Fortitude and determination.
92. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
93. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
94. A small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins.
95. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
96. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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1. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
5. A witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person.
6. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
7. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
8. A means of serving.
9. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
10. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
11. A city and port in northern Jutland.
12. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.
13. A cylindrical spikelike inflorescence.
14. Inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.
15. Having or characterized or distinguished by tone or a specific tone.
22. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
24. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
26. A keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere.
30. Being five more than ninety.
31. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
33. Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice.
34. A drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria.
35. Giving pleasure and satisfaction.
37. Type genus of the Gerreidae.
38. Of or relating to similar to bears.
39. Any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material.
40. United States physicist and molecular biologist who helped develop the first atom bomb and later opposed the use of all nuclear weapons (1898-1964).
41. The attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration.
44. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
45. Covered with paving material.
46. A foul or degraded condition.
49. A large fleet.
52. Shift from one side of the ship to the other.
54. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
56. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
61. (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology.
62. A city and port in northern Jutland.
64. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
66. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
69. Pay back.
70. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
72. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
74. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
75. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
76. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
77. A branch of the Tai languages.
78. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
80. A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges.
81. A French abbot.
84. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
86. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
87. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
88. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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