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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. An industrial city in central Japan on southern Honshu.
10. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
13. The basic unit of money in Albania.
14. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
19. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
21. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
23. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
25. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
37. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. English essayist (1775-1834).
42. Fallow deer.
44. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
45. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
46. A small cake leavened with yeast.
47. One who works hard at boring tasks.
50. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
56. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
60. Extremely pleasing.
61. Of or relating to or containing barium.
62. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
63. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
64. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy.
65. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
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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. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
5. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
6. United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993).
7. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
8. Used by southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier).
9. A public promotion of some product or service.
10. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
11. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
12. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
18. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
20. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
22. A French abbot.
24. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
26. Offering fun and gaiety.
27. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
28. Disabled in the feet or legs.
29. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
30. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
38. Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems.
40. Loss of the ability to swallow.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
49. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
51. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
52. Denuded of leaves.
53. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
54. Common Indian weaverbird.
55. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
57. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
58. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
59. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
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