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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
8. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
13. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. A person who makes use of a thing.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
21. A state in northwestern North America.
22. A state in midwestern United States.
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
26. Being one more than one hundred.
31. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
34. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
38. An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
48. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
49. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
50. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
51. A doctor's degree in education.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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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. Large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail.
5. An associate degree in applied science.
6. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
7. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
8. 10 grams.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
18. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
20. Of or relating to the spinal cord.
23. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
25. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
29. The eleventh month of the civil year.
30. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
32. (often used in combination) Having hair as specified.
33. A large fleet.
37. English monk and scholar (672-735).
39. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
46. A light touch or stroke.
47. The last (12th) month of the year.
48. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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