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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Experiencing or expressing gladness or joy.
12. The unit of frequency.
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. An official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement.
17. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
18. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
19. An oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina.
20. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
21. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
23. Having a claw or claws.
25. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
27. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
29. Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly.
34. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
35. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
37. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
41. An onerous or difficult concern.
45. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door.
47. Unshaken in purpose.
49. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
50. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
51. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
53. Sour or bitter in taste.
55. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
56. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
57. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
59. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
63. A large fleet.
67. Concluding state of pregnancy.
71. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
72. The amount of money needed to purchase something.
75. California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers.
76. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
77. Write upon.
79. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
80. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
81. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
82. A doctor's degree in theology.
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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. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
5. Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit.
6. Spider monkeys.
7. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
8. United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896).
9. A worker who oils engines or machinery.
10. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling.
11. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
12. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
13. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.
14. Any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers.
22. The sound made by corvine birds.
24. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
26. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A small stream.
31. A doctor's degree in musical arts.
32. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
33. Flat tableland with steep edges.
36. A state in midwestern United States.
38. Make reference to.
39. A small unit serving as the nucleus of a larger political movement.
40. Jordan's port.
42. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
43. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
44. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
46. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
48. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
52. A man who is a stupid fool.
54. A game played with playing cards.
58. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
60. An iconic mental representation.
61. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
62. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
64. Not widely known.
65. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
66. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
68. A blemish made by dirt.
69. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
70. Two items of the same kind.
73. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
74. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
78. A state in the eastern United States.
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