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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
7. An informal conversation.
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 unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
13. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
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 public promotion of some product or service.
22. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
33. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
37. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. An associate degree in applied science.
43. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
47. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
49. A master's degree in business.
50. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
51. In bed.
52. An informal term for a father.
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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. The cry made by sheep.
5. A large fleet.
6. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
7. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
8. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
9. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
20. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
21. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
23. Being one more than fifty.
24. A cgs unit of work or energy.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
28. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
29. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
31. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
32. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
42. An enclosed space.
44. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
45. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
46. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
47. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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