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1. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
5. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce).
11. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
15. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
16. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
17. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
18. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
20. (anatomy) Any structure that resembles a horn in shape.
21. (law) Lacking any legal or binding force.
22. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
23. Fear of the unknown or unfamiliar and of making decisions.
25. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
26. Of businesses and businessmen.
29. The cry made by sheep.
31. A Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy.
35. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
41. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
47. One species.
50. Of or relating to or designating narcotics.
52. A city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal.
53. A public promotion of some product or service.
54. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
55. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
56. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
57. Any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as.
60. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
62. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
63. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
66. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
68. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
74. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
76. An industrial region in the Ukraine.
78. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
79. A small cake leavened with yeast.
80. A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea.
81. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
82. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
83. Late-spring-blooming rhododendron of eastern North America having rosy to pink-purple flowers.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge.
2. Of or relating to the dura mater.
3. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
4. A woman's large folded hooped hood.
5. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
6. Type genus of the Alcedinidae.
7. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
8. Made of packed earth or gravel.
9. God of fire.
10. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
11. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
12. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
13. A milkshake made with malt powder.
14. In a competent capable manner.
19. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
24. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. Not only so, but.
30. A telegram sent abroad.
32. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
33. Serving temporarily especially as a substitute.
34. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
36. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
39. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
42. Relating to or near the ulna.
43. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
44. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
45. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
46. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
48. A member of the Uniat Church.
49. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
58. Any movable possession (especially articles of clothing).
59. Inability to walk.
61. Jordan's port.
64. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
65. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
67. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
69. The sixth month of the civil year.
70. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
71. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
72. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
73. God of love and erotic desire.
75. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
77. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
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