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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs.
12. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
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. Not having a musical sound or pleasing tune.
17. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
18. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
19. Adjourn by royal prerogative.
20. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
21. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
23. Type genus of the Amiidae.
25. Pertaining to or near the sun.
26. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
28. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
31. Wearing or provided with clothing.
33. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
34. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
36. Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop.
41. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
42. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. A young male horse under the age of four.
45. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
47. A card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker.
49. The largest city of China.
54. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
55. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
56. Being or situated at an end.
59. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
60. God of wealth and love.
62. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
64. Take or catch as if in a snare or trap.
67. A small sc or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth).
71. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
72. Bell magpies.
75. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. Practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages.
78. Being two more than fifty.
79. Water soaked soil.
80. Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba.
81. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
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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. (computer science) Protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network.
5. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
6. Relating to or containing gnomes.
7. In an aerial manner.
8. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
9. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
10. Earlier a god.
11. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
12. Thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game.
13. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
14. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
22. Relatively low in price or charging low prices.
24. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
27. The airforce of Great Britain.
29. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
30. Of or relating to the Sioux people or their language and culture.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
37. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
38. Spanish poet and dramatist (1898-1936).
39. A natural talent.
40. Of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times.
46. 1/10 gram.
48. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
50. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
51. Give encouragement to.
52. Marked by extreme anger.
53. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
57. A northeastern Iranian language spoken in Russia.
58. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
61. Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness).
63. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
65. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
66. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
68. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
69. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
70. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
73. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
74. (Australian and New Zealand) A disparaging term for English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand.
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