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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
11. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
15. The basic unit of money in Albania.
16. Taking on different forms.
17. A business whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state.
18. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. Capital of the state of Montana.
21. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
23. A dicot family of the order Urticales including.
25. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
28. A state in northwestern North America.
29. 16 ounces.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.
35. Noisy talk.
37. Indigo bush.
41. Any system of principles or beliefs.
43. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
45. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
48. Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue.
50. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. A city in northeastern China.
54. Lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes.
58. An adult male singer with the lowest voice.
59. Type genus of the Percidae.
60. A reflex that expels wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth.
62. A stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane.
64. Having or exerting a malignant influence.
68. Socialist who wrote The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx in 1848 (1820-1895).
71. A rapid bustling commotion.
72. The sound made by a pigeon v 1.
73. A fibrous amphibole.
75. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
76. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
77. Requiring little hard work or exertion.
78. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
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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. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
5. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
6. Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop.
7. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
8. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
9. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
10. An associate degree in nursing.
11. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
12. The fifth of the seven canonical hours.
13. A harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog).
14. Transient cessation of respiration.
20. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
22. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
24. Covered with paving material.
26. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
27. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ.
30. By a small margin.
33. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
34. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
36. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
38. A game played with playing cards.
39. Elk or moose.
40. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
42. The basic unit of money in Equatorial Guinea.
44. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
46. The value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis.
47. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
49. (biology) A taxonomic category below a class and above an order.
52. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
55. An inferior imitator of some distinguished writer or artist of musician.
56. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
57. Of or relating to or characteristic of Semites.
61. Chief port and economic center of Nigeria.
63. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
65. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
66. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
67. Used of physical coldness.
69. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
70. The sign language used in the United States.
74. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
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