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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. An associate degree in applied science.
7. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
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. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
13. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
16. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
22. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
23. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
34. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
42. A flexible container with a single opening.
44. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
48. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
50. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
51. A light touch or stroke.
52. Offering fun and gaiety.
53. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
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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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
7. Jordan's port.
8. Type genus of the Majidae.
9. Cause a floating log to rotate by treading.
10. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
18. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. Being one more than one hundred.
25. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
27. A bachelor's degree in religion.
28. The cry made by sheep.
29. A Russian river.
30. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
32. A motley assortment of things.
33. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. Related to or located at the back.
43. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
45. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
46. A master's degree in business.
47. A bloody and prolonged operation in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).
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