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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
8. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
13. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
16. A decree that prohibits something.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
24. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
26. Many times at short intervals.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
31. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
32. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
35. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
36. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
40. An awkward stupid person.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
47. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
48. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
49. A boy or man.
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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 humorous anecdote or remark.
5. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
6. The capital of Croatia.
7. Chief port of Yemen.
8. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
9. Jordan's port.
10. Obvious and dull.
18. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
25. Lower in esteem.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
33. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
34. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
37. A state in New England.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
41. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
42. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
43. Half the width of an em.
45. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
46. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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