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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Occurring widely (as to many people).
8. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
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. A member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California.
13. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
16. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
21. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
22. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. 100 fen equal 1 yuan.
27. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
34. A Loloish language.
37. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
38. Serving as an essential component.
39. The cry made by sheep.
44. In bed.
46. A decree that prohibits something.
49. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. A French abbot.
52. A bachelor's degree in theology.
53. An associate degree in nursing.
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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 unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
5. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
6. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. The basic unit of money in Albania.
9. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. A radioactive transuranic element.
20. A bachelor's degree in religion.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
28. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
29. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
30. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
42. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
43. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
45. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
47. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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