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1. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
5. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
8. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
11. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
12. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
13. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
14. A very light brown.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. (informal) Of the highest quality.
17. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
19. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
21. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
27. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
28. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
29. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
31. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
33. Related to or located at the back.
34. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
37. An associate degree in nursing.
41. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
49. 10 grams.
50. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Bound or secured closely.
2. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
3. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
4. Short and fat.
5. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
6. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
7. Jordan's port.
8. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
9. A large indefinite number.
10. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
18. Extremely pleasing.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. An awkward stupid person.
23. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
25. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
26. A light touch or stroke.
30. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
32. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. Jordan's port.
38. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
39. Flat tableland with steep edges.
40. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
43. A flexible container with a single opening.
44. An informal term for a father.
47. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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