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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. The skin that covers the top of the head.
9. Made by polymerizing butadiene.
13. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
16. The basic unit of money in Albania.
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
18. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
19. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
20. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
21. One dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about love.
23. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. A river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River.
28. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
29. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
31. A quantity of no importance.
34. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
36. Money in the form of bills or coins.
41. United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990).
44. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
46. The condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded).
48. A member of a Turkic people of Chinese Turkestan and neighboring areas (formerly of Mongolia and eastern Turkestan).
49. Toward the mouth or oral region.
51. A program for a race meeting.
53. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
54. The capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required.
56. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
57. Widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound.
59. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
60. A state in New England.
61. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
62. An association of criminals.
63. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
64. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
67. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
70. Of or relating to or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants.
72. A person who possesses great material wealth.
73. Covered with paving material.
76. Any plant of the genus Erica.
79. Regional and archaic.
82. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
85. Striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects.
87. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
90. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
91. Dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of Tuscany.
92. A public promotion of some product or service.
93. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
95. (British) Diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines (from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle)).
98. Advanced in years.
99. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
100. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
101. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
3. Jordan's port.
4. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
5. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
6. Little known Kamarupan languages.
7. The basic unit of money on Malta.
8. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
11. The seventh month of the civil year.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
14. Fallow deer.
15. The face of a timepiece.
22. Leather with a napped surface.
24. Historical and literary materials relating to Judaism.
26. A department of Greece in the central Peloponnese.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. A fit of shivering.
33. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
35. A city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC.
37. Rising and falling alternately as in waves.
38. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
39. Periapsis in Earth orbit.
40. Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
42. A nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right.
43. Fixed or established especially by order or command.
45. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
47. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
50. An island northwest of Wales.
52. The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time.
55. Japanese filmmaker noted for blending Japanese folklore with Western styles of acting (1910-1998).
58. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
65. A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving.
66. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
68. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
69. A green transparent form of beryl.
70. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
71. A structure that provides privacy and protection from danger.
72. The seventh month of the civil year.
74. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
75. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
77. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
78. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
79. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
80. United States Film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937).
81. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
83. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
84. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
86. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
88. A Hindu prince or king in India.
89. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
94. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
96. A state in the eastern United States.
97. Being one more than one hundred.
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