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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. A city in central New York.
9. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
13. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
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. Wood of a sumac.
18. Any competition.
19. Not in good physical or mental health.
20. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
21. A state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government).
22. A male child (a familiar term of address to a boy).
24. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
26. An Eskimo hut.
27. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
28. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
29. Having a sunken area.
31. The part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled.
33. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
36. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
38. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
40. An associate degree in nursing.
41. An area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling.
42. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
45. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
47. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
49. Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails.
51. A stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle.
52. A unit of pressure.
53. Of or relating to a basin.
57. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.
58. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
60. Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares.
61. Seed of a pea plant.
62. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
67. A city in the northern panhandle of Texas.
69. (ballet) Quick gliding steps with one foot always leading.
71. A city in southeastern Spain.
75. Proboscis monkeys.
78. A university in Connecticut.
82. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
83. Widely separated especially in space.
85. A small measure (usually of food).
86. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
87. Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948).
88. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
90. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
91. Adult female chicken.
92. Again but in a new or different way.
93. A Loloish language.
94. A town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula.
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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. 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.
5. An enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue.
6. An iconic mental representation.
7. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
8. A formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person.
9. A deity or nymph of the woods.
10. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
11. Canadian writer noted for his analyses of the mass media (1911-1980).
12. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
13. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
14. Leave or strike out, as of vowels.
15. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
23. (law) A formal objection to an opponent's pleadings.
25. Hawk's beard.
30. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. Changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose.
35. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
37. Small genus of evergreen tropical shrubs or trees with smooth leathery leaves.
39. Fallow deer.
42. (Greek mythology) A tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta.
43. The quality of being united into one.
44. A salt or ester of maleic acid.
46. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
48. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
50. Having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells.
54. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
55. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
56. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
59. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
63. 4th President of the United States.
64. Correction by erasing.
65. New Guinea echidnas.
66. The chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capitol of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia.
67. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
68. A port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean.
70. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
72. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
73. Made of wood of the aspen tree n.
74. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
76. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
77. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
79. Of or being the lowest female voice.
80. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile v 1.
81. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
84. Not of long duration.
89. A state in New England.
90. An associate degree in nursing.
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