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1. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
4. A long-acting crystalline barbiturate (trade name Mebaral) used as a sedative and as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of epilepsy.
11. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
15. Water frozen in the solid state.
16. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
17. Morally bad or wrong.
18. Any plant of the genus Erica.
20. An Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean.
22. 1/1000 gram.
23. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
25. An ancient country in central Italy.
27. Cause to grow thin or weak.
29. The act or process of measuring.
30. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
31. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
32. King of the Huns.
36. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
41. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
46. The father of your father or mother.
48. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
51. (anatomy) A somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part.
52. An appraisal of the state of affairs.
53. Or or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism.
55. Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings.
58. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
59. The month following July and preceding September.
61. A ribbon used as a decoration.
65. South American cavy.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
74. An island of central Hawaii.
76. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
77. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
79. A Hindu prince or king in India.
80. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
81. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
82. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
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1. A daughter of your brother or sister.
2. Leave immediately.
3. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
4. A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.
5. The square of a body of any size of type.
6. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
7. How long something has existed.
8. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
9. A lack of vitality.
10. Of or relating to or suitable for Lent.
11. Birch leaf miner.
12. A state in the western United States.
13. (Norse mythology) Giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom.
14. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
19. Any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria.
21. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
24. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
26. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
28. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
33. Brief and to the point.
34. Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity).
35. A polite name for any woman.
37. Appeal or request earnestly.
38. Type genus of the family Pholadidae.
39. Small room on a ship or boat where people sleep.
40. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
43. A farewell remark.
45. Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud.
47. Greek mythology.
49. Used of a single unit or thing.
50. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
54. A confusion of voices and other sounds.
56. Biennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous root.
57. A lizard of the family Agamidae.
60. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
62. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
63. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
64. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
66. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
67. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
68. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
69. Type genus of the Majidae.
70. Country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula.
73. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
75. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
78. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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