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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. In bed.
8. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
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. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
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. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. Before noon.
20. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
21. An associate degree in applied science.
24. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
33. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
36. (Norse mythology) The heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
49. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
50. A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.
51. A small piece of cloth.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
53. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
54. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
55. One million periods per second.
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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 dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
5. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
6. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
7. A Mid-Atlantic state.
8. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
9. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
10. An informal term for a father.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
25. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
31. A Russian river.
32. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
34. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
39. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
40. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
41. A city in northern India.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
46. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
47. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
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