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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
12. An informal term for a father.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. Gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers.
17. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
18. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
19. A hairdresser who tints hair.
20. A lake in northwestern Russia.
22. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
24. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
25. Minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. Informal terms.
31. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
34. The basic unit of money in Lesotho.
35. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
38. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
39. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
41. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
42. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
43. A quantity of no importance.
45. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
47. A unit of pressure.
48. Employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words.
50. Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.
54. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
55. Either extremity of something that has length.
56. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
57. A Loloish language.
59. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
62. A Mid-Atlantic state.
63. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
64. Malevolent aspect of Devi.
66. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
68. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
69. Someone who practices homosexuality.
70. A painful and involuntary muscular contraction.
72. A doctor's degree in music.
75. South American cavy.
77. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
79. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
80. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
81. Genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers.
83. (informal) Roused to anger.
84. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
85. A commodity that enters competition with established merchandise.
86. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. Having only superficial plausibility.
5. Troubled emotionally and usually deeply.
6. The goddess of the moon.
7. The slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf.
8. A member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana.
9. Unhappy in love.
10. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
11. A river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea.
12. Trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant.
13. Chief port of Yemen.
14. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
21. An extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America).
23. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
26. The state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once).
28. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
30. The basic unit of money in Hungary.
32. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
37. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
40. A city in east central Texas.
44. (medicine) Chilly.
46. A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
49. The capital and largest city of Chad.
51. Someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there.
52. A small membrane-covered opening (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear).
53. A woman of refinement.
58. Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church.
60. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
61. Being one more than fifty.
65. A person who hopes.
67. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
71. Most important element.
73. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
74. An informal term for a father.
76. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
78. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
82. Not out.
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