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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Largest crested screamer.
9. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
13. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
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. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
18. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
19. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
20. Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs.
22. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
25. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
28. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
30. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
32. Port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan.
38. A lyric poet.
42. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
43. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
45. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
47. Compete for something.
48. Relating to principles of right and wrong.
50. A medium for oil-paints.
53. Jordan's port.
55. A river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn.
56. (British) First-rate.
57. King of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC).
58. American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792).
60. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
61. Lower in esteem.
62. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
63. Two-year-old sheep.
64. Aromatic bark used as a spice.
66. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
67. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
70. A state in New England.
71. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
73. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
76. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
79. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
81. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
83. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
88. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
91. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
92. All the weapons and equipment that a country has.
94. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
95. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
96. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
97. An awkward stupid person.
99. The income arising from land or other property.
100. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
101. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
102. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
103. A primeval personification of air and breath.
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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. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
4. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
5. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
6. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
7. The southern part of the ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah.
8. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
9. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
10. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
11. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
12. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
13. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
14. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
15. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
21. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
23. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
24. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
27. An associate degree in nursing.
29. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
31. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
33. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
34. A flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters.
35. United States historian who wrote a nine volume history of the people of the United States (1852-1932).
36. Make less active or intense.
37. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
39. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
40. Organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell that is composed of ribonucleic acid.
41. Devoid of physical sensation.
44. Growing old.
46. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
49. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
51. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
52. Flesh of large European flatfish.
54. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
59. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
65. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu.
68. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
69. The act of passing from one state or place to the next.
70. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
72. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
74. An epic in Latin by Virgil.
75. Characteristic of false pride.
77. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
78. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
80. Enthusiastic approval.
82. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
83. An associate degree in nursing.
84. A city in northern India.
85. Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of.
86. Common Indian weaverbird.
87. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
89. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
90. Chief port of Yemen.
93. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
98. A dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta.
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