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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
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 lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. An unforeseen obstacle.
16. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
26. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
27. An accountant certified by the state.
29. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
31. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
34. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
35. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
38. British informal term.
42. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
43. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
44. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
45. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
48. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
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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. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
5. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
6. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
7. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
10. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
18. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
20. A city in northern India.
22. The cry made by sheep.
23. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
25. (informal) Of the highest quality.
28. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
30. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
32. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
33. Jordan's port.
36. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
37. Not widely known.
39. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
40. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
41. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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