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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. An informal term for a father.
8. The residue that remains when something is burned.
11. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
12. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
15. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
19. The face or front of a building.
22. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
28. Jordan's port.
30. Marked by skill in deception.
33. An associate degree in nursing.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
38. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
45. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
46. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
47. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
48. A resource.
49. The cry made by sheep.
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1. (heraldry) An ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
5. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
6. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
7. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
10. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
18. Baby bed with high sides.
20. An informal conversation.
21. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
23. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
24. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
25. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. An awkward stupid person.
29. One million periods per second.
31. Protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants.
32. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
34. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
36. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
39. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
41. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
42. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
43. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
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