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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
8. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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 Anatidae.
13. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. A school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences.
16. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. Fallow deer.
20. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
23. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
31. Reduce the edge or violence of.
33. A small piece of cloth.
34. (British) Your grandmother.
35. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
38. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
42. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
47. The cry made by sheep.
48. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
49. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
50. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
51. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
52. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
53. A young woman making her debut into society.
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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. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
5. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
6. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
7. The residue that remains when something is burned.
8. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
9. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
10. The capital of Western Samoa.
18. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
21. Very dark black.
22. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. An associate degree in nursing.
28. A bachelor's degree in religion.
30. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. In bed.
40. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
41. Material used to daub walls.
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
44. A tight-fitting headdress.
45. A trivial lie.
46. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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