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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
9. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
13. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
16. An awkward stupid person.
17. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
18. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
19. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
20. (Norse mythology) Wife of Thor and guardian of the home.
21. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
22. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
25. Remove the surface of.
27. A general anesthetic (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly.
28. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
29. A conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere.
31. Small genus of Eurasian herbs.
33. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
36. Shrubby plant with aromatic grayish-green leaves used as a cooking herb.
40. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
42. Any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family.
44. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
45. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
47. East Indian annual erect herb.
49. Smelling of fermentation or staleness.
50. The capital and largest city of Japan.
53. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
54. 1 species.
58. An argument opposed to a proposal.
59. Southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots.
60. A genus of Mustelidae.
62. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
63. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
65. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
69. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
71. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
72. Casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs.
76. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
78. Expel, as of gases and odors.
79. A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
82. Mix up or confuse.
85. 10 grams.
88. (Babylonian) The sky god.
89. A soiled or discolored appearance.
90. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
92. An associate degree in applied science.
93. (Irish) The sea personified.
94. The capital and largest city of Idaho.
95. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
96. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
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1. A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression).
2. An epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines.
3. Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.
4. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of.
7. Before noon.
8. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
9. Any plant of the genus Inula.
10. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
11. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
12. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
13. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
14. Toward the mouth or oral region.
15. Offering fun and gaiety.
23. United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986).
24. Smiling with happiness or optimism.
26. A choice or delicious dish.
30. A city and port in northern Jutland.
32. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
34. Of or relating to fungi.
35. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
37. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
38. Of or relating to neurons.
39. A drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure.
41. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
43. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.
46. Norse chieftan who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931).
48. (usually followed by `to') Strongly opposed.
51. A container.
52. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
55. A town in central Belgium.
56. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
57. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
61. A landlocked republic in central Africa.
64. The commercial activity of providing funds and capital.
66. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
67. The dialect of Sotho spoken by the Basotho.
68. Predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions.
70. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
73. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
74. A member of a Turkic people of Chinese Turkestan and neighboring areas (formerly of Mongolia and eastern Turkestan).
75. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
77. Someone whose business is advertising.
78. A public promotion of some product or service.
80. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
81. Wearing footgear.
82. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
83. Lacking excess flesh.
84. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
86. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
87. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
91. An informal term for a father.
92. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
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