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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Slightly open.
8. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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. Denuded of leaves.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. In bed.
16. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
23. A light touch or stroke.
24. Relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing.
26. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
27. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
28. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
32. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. Extremely pleasing.
39. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
44. The sign language used in the United States.
47. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
48. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
49. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
50. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
51. Before noon.
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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 loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. Rapid and indistinct speech.
6. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
7. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
8. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
9. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
10. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
18. The sound made by corvine birds.
20. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
22. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
25. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
29. Lower in esteem.
30. Seed of a pea plant.
31. A radioactive transuranic element.
33. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
34. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
37. A Loloish language.
38. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
41. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
43. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
44. A state in northwestern North America.
45. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
46. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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