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1. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
5. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
8. Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses.
11. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
14. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
15. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
17. Lower in esteem.
19. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
20. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
21. In bed.
24. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
25. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
26. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
34. A Loloish language.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
41. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
45. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
46. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
48. The habitation of wild animals.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. (informal) Roused to anger.
51. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
52. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate.
55. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
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1. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
2. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
3. One million periods per second.
4. Jordan's port.
5. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
6. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
7. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
8. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
9. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
10. Humble request for help.
16. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
18. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
28. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. A flexible container with a single opening.
32. Any of various units of capacity.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
44. Baby bed with high sides.
47. One millionth of a gram.
48. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
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