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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Travel up, "We ascended the mountain".
10. The basic unit of money in Albania.
13. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
14. 1 species.
15. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
16. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
17. Elk or moose.
19. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
21. (Bible) The archangel who was the messenger of God.
23. (voodooism) A spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body.
25. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
26. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
27. (classical architecture) A molding for a cornice.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. A form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts of the queen of spades.
36. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
39. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
42. (Sumerian) Sun god.
43. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
44. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
46. Dam to make a millpond to provide power for a water mill.
49. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
50. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
52. A city in northern India.
59. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
62. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
63. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
64. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
65. Jordan's port.
67. A notable achievement.
68. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
69. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. (heraldry) An ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
5. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
6. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
7. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
8. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
9. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
10. (Norse mythology) Trickster.
11. A colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid used as an inhalation anesthetic.
12. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
18. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
20. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
22. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
24. A bachelor's degree in religion.
28. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
29. A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges.
32. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
34. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
35. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
40. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
41. The cry made by sheep.
45. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
46. (Norse mythology) Trickster.
47. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
48. Informal terms for a mother.
51. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
53. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
54. A characteristic sound.
55. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
56. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
57. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
58. A quantity of no importance.
60. An awkward stupid person.
61. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
66. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
67. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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