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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Durable fragrant wood.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
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. The animal order including amoebas.
17. An informal term for a father.
18. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
19. In a vehement outcry.
20. God of wealth and love.
22. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
24. A strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines).
26. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
27. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
31. Bluish-gray whiting of California coast.
34. A alloy of tin with some copper and antimony.
38. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
40. Little known Kamarupan languages.
41. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
43. State clearly.
45. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
46. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
48. A depression in an otherwise level surface.
49. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
51. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
52. (Hinduism and Buddhism) The beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation.
56. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
57. Remote and separate physically or socially.
64. Any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance.
66. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
70. The sixth day of the week.
71. A member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia.
75. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
76. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
77. The property of excessive fatness.
78. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
79. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
80. Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay.
81. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
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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. The chance to speak.
5. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
6. Perennial plants resembling yucca.
7. A low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water.
8. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
9. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
10. A public promotion of some product or service.
11. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
12. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
13. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
14. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
21. Of or relating to herbs.
23. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
25. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
28. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
29. A port city in southwestern Iran.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
33. A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world.
35. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
36. Capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy.
37. A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
44. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
47. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
50. Suggestive of the supernatural.
53. Characteristic of false pride.
54. A state in northwestern North America.
55. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
58. A return punch.
59. (botany) Relating to or attached to the axis.
60. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
61. Of or relating to or resembling the eye.
62. Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery.
63. The narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips.
65. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
67. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
68. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
69. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
72. An accountant certified by the state.
73. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
74. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
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