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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
7. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
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. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
13. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. An associate degree in applied science.
16. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
27. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
29. A bachelor's degree in theology.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
37. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
42. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
46. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
47. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
48. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
49. Liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. The month following July and preceding September.
52. United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885).
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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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
5. The cry made by sheep.
6. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
7. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
8. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
18. United States writer of satirical novels (1879-1958).
19. An associate degree in nursing.
20. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
28. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
30. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. (computer science) A unit for measuring computing power.
35. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
39. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. Again but in a new or different way.
43. The month following March and preceding May.
44. Fiddler crabs.
45. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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