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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
8. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
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. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
13. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
16. A doctor's degree in education.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
24. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
28. Fallow deer.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
36. God of wealth and love.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. A desert in central Asia.
49. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. One-hundredth of a right angle.
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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. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
5. A Loloish language.
6. (informal) Exceptionally good.
7. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
8. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
9. A genus of Ploceidae.
10. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
18. A bottle with a stopper.
20. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
26. Before noon.
27. A light touch or stroke.
29. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
30. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
31. A master's degree in business.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
37. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835).
38. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
39. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
42. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
45. A Mid-Atlantic state.
48. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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