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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. German philosopher concerned with concept formation in the human mind and with symbolic forms in human culture generally (1874-1945).
12. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
15. The basic unit of money in Albania.
16. A green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate.
17. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
18. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. A deep bow.
20. A low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
25. A city of central China.
26. Relating to or characteristic of alps.
28. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. 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.
34. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
37. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
40. (Sumerian and Akkadian) A demon personifying death.
42. An extravagantly enthusiastic review.
45. A large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet.
46. Black tropical American cuckoo.
47. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
51. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
55. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
56. Small genus of Eurasian herbs.
58. A card game for 2 players.
60. Of an instrument of certain death.
63. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
65. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
67. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
71. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.
75. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
76. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
77. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
79. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
80. A long slender cigar.
81. God of the earth.
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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
3. Jordan's port.
4. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
5. Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit.
6. Very large white gannet with black wing tips.
7. Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events.
8. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
9. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
10. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
11. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
12. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state.
13. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
14. The act of scanning.
21. Praise, glorify, or honor.
23. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
27. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
32. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
35. The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal).
36. Ice cream served with a topping.
38. Morally bad or wrong.
39. 10 grams.
41. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
43. Be going to.
44. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
49. Muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury.
50. Squash bugs.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. The cry made by sheep.
54. Fortification consisting of a low wall.
57. In great numbers.
59. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
61. Run away secretly with one's beloved.
62. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
64. Love intensely.
66. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
68. Framework for holding objects.
69. An underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea v 1.
70. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
72. Of southern Europe.
73. An accountant certified by the state.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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