1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
8. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
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. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
13. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. (computer science) The movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk v 1.
16. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. Any plant of the genus Erica.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
24. United States space station.
27. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
29. A Mid-Atlantic state.
30. A small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
39. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
43. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
44. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
45. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
46. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
47. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
48. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

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. An associate degree in applied science.
5. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
6. (informal) Of the highest quality.
7. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
8. Of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle).
9. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
10. A violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family.
18. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
20. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
22. Related to or located at the back.
25. A branch of the Tai languages.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
28. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
31. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
33. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
35. An informal term for a father.
36. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
37. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
38. The sixth month of the civil year.
40. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
41. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.