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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front.
12. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
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. A river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River.
17. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
18. Having branches.
20. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
21. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
22. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
23. Pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies).
26. Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
28. A licensed medical practitioner.
29. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
31. Absence of the pupil in an eye.
35. The overhang at the lower edge of a roof.
39. The cry made by sheep.
40. (informal) Exceptionally good.
43. Lower in esteem.
45. The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food.
47. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
48. Employed in accomplishing something.
49. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
51. Drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material.
52. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
55. Unknown god.
57. (informal) Of the highest quality.
58. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
59. 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.
60. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
65. A container that is usually woven and has handles.
69. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
72. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
73. Type genus of the Otariidae.
76. Someone who consumes food for nourishment.
77. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
78. A genus of Pleuronectidae.
80. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
81. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
82. Relating to or demonstrating acapnia.
83. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
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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. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
5. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
6. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
7. An Eskimo hut.
8. A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude.
9. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
10. The third month of the civil year.
11. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
12. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
13. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
14. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
19. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
24. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
25. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
27. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
30. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
32. Involving or constituting a cause.
33. Of or related to or derived from oats.
34. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
36. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
37. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
38. A kind of literary or artistic work.
41. Highly excited.
42. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
44. Largest known toad species.
46. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
50. Jordan's port.
53. An early type of mandolin.
54. Insanely irresponsible.
56. An impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony.
61. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
62. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
63. A master's degree in literature.
64. Type genus of the Bramidae.
66. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
67. Eliminate from the body.
68. (medicine) A grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus.
70. In bed.
71. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
74. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
75. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
79. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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