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1. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
5. A stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the shins.
12. A vehicle carrying many passengers.
15. Lacking excess flesh.
16. The capital of French Polynesia on the northwestern coast of Tahiti.
17. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
18. Toward the mouth or oral region.
19. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. Congenital absence of fingers and/or toes.
22. The petals of a flower collectively forming an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth.
24. A chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay.
25. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
26. A domain in which something is dominant.
27. Make reference to.
29. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
32. A city and port in northern Jutland.
36. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
39. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
40. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
41. Leafless East Indian vine.
45. Type genus of the Nepidae.
46. A state in New England.
47. Something serving to conceal plans.
49. The unit of frequency.
50. A deep pan with a handle.
53. Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit.
55. A landlocked republic in central Africa.
57. Coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood.
58. Put a new heel on.
61. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
63. An uproarious party.
64. The eighth month of the civil year.
67. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
71. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
74. Accumulate on the surface.
75. Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
76. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
78. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
79. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
80. African antelope with ridged curved horns.
81. 100 sene equal 1 tala.
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1. A small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid.
2. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
3. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
4. A small republic in the eastern Pyrenees between Spain and France.
5. Type genus of the Spalacidae.
6. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
7. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
8. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
9. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
10. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements.
11. The last (12th) month of the year.
12. Common Indian weaverbird.
13. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
14. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
21. An inhabitant of ancient Thebes.
23. The process of leaching.
28. Considerate and solicitous care.
30. Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches.
31. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
33. The wood of an African obeche tree.
34. Strong snuff made from dark coarse tobacco.
35. United States physicist who invented the bubble chamber to study subatomic particles (born in 1926).
37. Sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Mohammed during his life at Mecca and Medina.
38. Make amendments to.
42. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
43. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
44. Being five more than one hundred forty.
48. Bound or secured closely.
51. Having wrinkles.
52. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
54. An ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC.
56. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
59. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
60. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
62. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
65. Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines.
66. A small cake leavened with yeast.
68. A specific instance of feeling hopeful.
69. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
70. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
72. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
73. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
77. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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