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1. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
5. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
8. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
11. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
12. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
13. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
14. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
24. A master's degree in business.
26. A light touch or stroke.
27. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. A resource.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. (nontechnical usage) A tiny piece of anything.
47. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
48. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
49. Type genus of the Anatidae.
50. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
51. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
52. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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1. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
4. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
5. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
6. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
9. A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property.
10. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
18. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
20. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
29. A state in northwestern North America.
30. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. Of or concerning the face.
36. Very dark black.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
39. Common Indian weaverbird.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
43. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
46. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
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