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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
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. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
13. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
17. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
18. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
20. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
21. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
22. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
24. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
27. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
31. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
34. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
36. God of wealth and love.
43. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
46. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
47. Fiddler crabs.
49. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
50. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
52. A master's degree in fine arts.
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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. An informal term for a father.
5. The most northwestern Hawaiian island (beyond Kauai).
6. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
7. A Mid-Atlantic state.
8. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
16. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
19. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
23. Jordan's port.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. Informal terms for a mother.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. An expression of greeting.
30. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. Toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric.
38. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
39. God of love and erotic desire.
40. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
41. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. An awkward stupid person.
48. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
49. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
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