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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
9. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
13. Of southern Europe.
16. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
17. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
18. A slender double-reed instrument.
19. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
20. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
21. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
22. A female domestic.
23. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
24. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
26. The capital of Croatia.
27. Tasting sour like a lemon.
29. A victory cheer.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. The Fate who cuts the thread of life.
34. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. Not elegant or graceful in expression.
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
44. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
48. Spherical gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies.
51. Little known Kamarupan languages.
52. The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal).
54. Large American feline resembling a lion.
55. French aviator who in 1909 made the first flight across the English Channel (1872-1936).
56. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
58. The first month of the year.
59. (used especially of persons) Having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age.
60. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
63. A grant made by a law court.
64. Being nine more than ninety.
65. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
68. A state in New England.
69. A period of time spent sleeping.
71. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
72. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
74. A steep descent of the water of a river.
76. Toward the mouth or oral region.
77. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
79. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
80. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
82. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Torodal) that is given only orally.
85. One of two official languages of Norway.
89. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
90. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
94. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York state.
95. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
96. Distant in either space or time.
97. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
99. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
100. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
101. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
102. A small cake leavened with yeast.
103. Tag the base runner to get him out.
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1. (heraldry) An ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. A person active in party politics.
5. A large strong and aggressive woman.
6. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
7. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
8. annoy continually or chronically.
9. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
10. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
11. Be agitated.
12. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
13. A theatrical performer.
14. Drained of energy or effectiveness.
15. Colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long.
25. Having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air.
28. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
30. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
32. Of or like a cecum.
35. A group of islands in the West Indies.
36. Covered with beads of liquid.
38. Something causes misery or death.
40. (of light) Lacking in intensity or brightness.
41. Pompously ultraconservative and nationalistic.
42. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
45. Capital of Nigeria in the center of the country.
46. Large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers.
47. The father of your father or mother.
49. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
50. A geographical region of northeastern South America including Guyana and Surinam.
53. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
57. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
61. A small carriage in which a baby or child is pushed around.
62. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
64. Characteristic or suggestive of woods.
66. An American Indian infant.
67. Colored or impregnated with dye.
70. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
71. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
73. An ice containing milk.
75. The closing section of a musical composition.
78. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
81. Jordan's port.
83. A sign of something about to happen.
84. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
85. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
86. An elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond.
87. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
88. Young sheep.
91. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
92. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
93. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
98. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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