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1. The federal department that administers federal program dealing with better housing and urban renewal.
4. An oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue.
12. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
15. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
16. A minute scale (on a plant or fungus).
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
19. Translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program.
20. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
21. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
23. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
24. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
26. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
28. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
31. Type genus of the Cuculidae.
35. Stain (furniture) black to make it look like ebony.
39. Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue.
41. Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio.
42. (Irish) The sea personified.
43. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
44. A state in New England.
45. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
47. The atmosphere above a nation and deemed to be under its jurisdiction.
49. Any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus.
50. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
51. Chief port of Yemen.
53. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
54. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
55. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
58. An informal term for a father.
66. Rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning.
69. Seed again or anew.
70. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
71. The grasses.
74. A master's degree in business.
75. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
76. A town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast.
77. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
78. The 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
79. Building material used as siding or roofing.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
2. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
3. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
4. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
5. A shade of blue tinged with green.
6. Devoid of brightness or appeal.
7. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
8. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
9. And nothing more.
10. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
11. A strongly made box for holding money or valuables.
12. Offering fun and gaiety.
13. Speaking a Slavic language.
14. Avatar of Vishnu.
22. (Greek mythology) The supreme god of ancient mythology.
25. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
27. A device (used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together v 1.
29. Having the surface damaged or disfigured.
30. A port city in southwestern Iran.
32. Relating to or written in majuscule letters (which resemble modern capitals).
33. A genus of Pyralidae.
34. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
36. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
37. Watery fluid of the blood that resembles plasma but contains fibrinogen.
38. Remove from memory or existence.
40. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
46. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
48. Marked by great carelessness.
52. A light touch or stroke.
56. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
57. The vast grassy plains of northern Argentina.
59. A solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk.
60. Upright in position or posture.
61. An illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor.
62. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
63. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
67. On or toward the lee.
68. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.
72. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
73. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
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