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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen.
11. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
16. Perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes.
17. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
19. Having an oblique or slanted direction.
20. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. South American cavy.
23. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
25. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
26. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight.
27. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
30. A traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat.
33. Someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission.
37. Make less active or intense.
40. A whimsically eccentric person.
41. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
44. A period of time spent in military service.
45. The residue that remains when something is burned.
46. The process of becoming mildewed.
48. Consistent with fact or reality.
49. The process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output.
52. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
54. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
57. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
58. (Irish) God of love and beauty.
63. Casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs.
66. A large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout.
70. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
71. (Sumerian) Consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz).
74. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
75. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
76. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
78. A notable achievement.
79. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
80. One who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature.
81. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
4. Turn into cheese, of milk.
5. The amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full.
6. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
7. A pale or subdued color.
8. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
9. Pioneer of non-Euclidean geometry (1826-1866).
10. An informal term for a father.
11. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
12. The sixth month of the civil year.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
22. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
24. A job in an organization.
28. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
29. (trademark) A transparent thermoplastic acrylic resin.
31. Lower in esteem.
32. A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
34. An analgesic for mild pain.
35. The basic monetary unit of Portugal.
36. Heat again.
38. Any plant of the genus Erica.
39. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
42. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
43. A public promotion of some product or service.
47. English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue.
50. A doctor's degree in music.
51. Coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms.
53. City in Sudan.
55. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
56. A form of address for a man.
59. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
60. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
61. (law) The seat for judges in a courtroom.
62. A genus of Ploceidae.
64. Type genus of the Anatidae.
65. Influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804).
67. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
68. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
69. A quantity of no importance.
72. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
73. The products of human creativity.
77. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
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