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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. (Irish) The sea personified.
7. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
16. Perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. Tag the base runner to get him out.
21. Seed of a pea plant.
22. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
24. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
26. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
30. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
31. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
32. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
33. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
47. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
48. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
50. The basic unit of money in Albania.
51. A quantity of no importance.
52. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
53. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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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 syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
5. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
6. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
7. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
8. The capital of Nationalist China.
9. A fit of shivering.
10. Avatar of Vishnu.
18. A vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. Unknown god.
25. An informal term for a father.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
36. Lower in esteem.
38. A French abbot.
39. Related to or located at the back.
40. Type genus of the Nepidae.
41. In bed.
42. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
45. Range of what one can know or understand.
46. An associate degree in nursing.
49. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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