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1. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
4. An important question that is in dispute and must be settled.
9. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
13. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
16. The cry made by sheep.
17. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
18. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
19. Being six more than fifty.
20. A dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten).
22. A hard glassy mineral consisting of an oxide of magnesium and aluminum.
24. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
25. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
26. A state in midwestern United States.
27. Duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females.
29. Bubble shells.
31. Related on the mother's side.
33. Eccentricity that is not easily explained.
36. A place that is scoured (especially by running water) v 1.
38. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
41. A genus of Laridae.
45. Acting according to certain accepted standards.
47. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
48. Slanderous defamation.
49. (prefix) Reverse of or absence of.
50. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
52. A Bantu language sometimes considered a dialect of Zulu.
53. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
55. Corresponding exactly.
57. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
58. Coldness due to a cold environment.
60. One thousandth of a second.
62. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
63. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
64. In a causal fashion.
68. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
71. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania.
73. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
75. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
77. A complex polymer.
81. Of or relating to apnea.
83. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
85. Any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages.
86. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
87. Change toward something smaller or lower.
90. Chief of the Vanir.
91. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
92. English essayist (1775-1834).
93. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
95. A person who makes use of a thing.
96. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
97. Two items of the same kind.
98. Made of fir or pine.
99. A republic in western South America.
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1. A slender double-reed instrument.
2. God of death.
3. South African term for `boss'.
4. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
5. A fluid product of inflammation.
6. Large scissors with strong blades.
7. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
8. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
9. Be iridescent.
10. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
11. (electronics) Designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels.
12. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
13. The sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this) v 1.
14. A genus of Indriidae.
15. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
21. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
23. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
28. A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators.
30. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
32. A person who treats something carefully.
34. A dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae.
35. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
37. Official routes of communication.
39. English Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718).
40. Small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants.
42. (of the more skilled contestants) Selectively arranged in the draw for position a tournament so that they meet each other in later rounds.
43. Woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist.
44. A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees.
46. Involving or constituting a cause.
51. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
54. Old World tropical herbs.
56. The capital and largest city of Norway.
59. By a small margin.
61. (meteorology) Of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center.
65. Fiddler crabs.
66. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
67. An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose.
68. The sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this) v 1.
69. A resident of Kansas.
72. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
74. Having help.
76. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
78. One skilled in caring for the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician).
79. (prefix) Between or among or in the midst of.
80. Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule.
82. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
84. Give over.
88. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
89. A boy or man.
94. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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