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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
11. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
12. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
13. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
14. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
15. American novelist (1909-1955).
16. An associate degree in applied science.
17. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
19. A native-born Israeli.
21. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
31. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
35. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
41. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
47. A flexible container with a single opening.
49. Used of a single unit or thing.
50. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
51. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
52. The cry made by sheep.
53. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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1. (heraldry) An ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
5. An Asian temple.
6. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
7. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
8. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
9. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
10. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
18. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
24. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
25. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
27. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
29. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
30. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
34. Greek mythology.
36. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
44. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
45. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
46. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
48. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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