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1.The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Decoration worn about the neck (fur piece or tight necklace) as an ornament.
11. A fastener for a door or lid.
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. Of or relating to or characteristic of Spain or the people of Spain.
17. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography). 18.The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
19. A stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle.
20. A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy.
21. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
23. Strike suddenly and with force.
24. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
26. A protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building.
30. In accordance with nature.
33. A (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort.
36.The great hall in ancient Persian
palaces.
37. An elaborate song for solo voice.
38. Half the width of an em.
39. Having had the bones removed.
40. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
42.The basic monetary unit in many countries.
45. (used especially of persons) Having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age.
47. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
48. (prefix) Within.
49. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
51. Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.).
54. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
57. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
60. By bad luck.
63. Squash bugs.
65. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
69. A clay pipe with a short stem.
71. Of or pertaining to any Shinto sect other than Kokka Shinto.
73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. One of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones.
77. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
78. (informal) Roused to anger.
79. A great raja.
80. An associate degree in applied science.
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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. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
5. Of or relating to epizoa.
6. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Cataflam).
7. Strike sharply.
8. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye. 9.The compass point midway between
east and southeast.
10. Herbs of temperate regions.
11. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
12. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
13. (prefix) Half or partial.
14. An informal term for a father.
22. Not carefully or expertly made.
25. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
27.Toward the mouth or oral region.
28. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
29. An organism especially a bacterium that requires air or free oxygen for life.
31. Greek god of light.
32. A bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats.
34.The public sale of something to the
highest bidder.
35. Convert ordinary language into code. 41.The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
43. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
44. Again but in a new or different way.
46. Any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pealike flowers.
50. Lower in esteem.
52. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
53. Genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns.
55. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
56. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
58. (Assyrian) Chief god of the Assyrians.
59. Any taillike structure.
61. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
62. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. 64.The largest continent with 60% of the
earth's population.
66.The arch of bone beneath the eye that
forms the prominence of the cheek. 67.The United Nations agency concerned
with atomic energy.
68. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
70. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
72. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
76. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.