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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
13. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. An indistinct shapeless form.
16. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. A Russian river.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.
28. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
32. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
34. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
44. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
45. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
49. Wild and domestic cattle.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
51. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
52. In or of the month preceding the present one.
53. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
54. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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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. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
5. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
6. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
7. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
8. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
9. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
20. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
22. 10 grams.
24. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. A state in north central United States.
29. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
30. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. Jordan's port.
37. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
39. Absent without permission.
40. In or of the present month.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
46. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
47. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
48. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
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