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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. A French abbot.
8. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
11. Being two more than fifty.
12. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
13. A cgs unit of work or energy.
14. In operation or operational.
15. The cry made by sheep.
16. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
17. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
27. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
28. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
29. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
30. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
32. A Mid-Atlantic state.
34. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
36. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
39. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. (informal) Exceptionally good.
46. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
47. A three-year law degree.
48. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
50. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
51. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
52. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
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1. The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land.
2. Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism.
3. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
4. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
7. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
8. Any federal law-enforcement officer.
9. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
10. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
18. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
19. Woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist.
20. A fraudulent business scheme.
21. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. South African term for `boss'.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. Jordan's port.
35. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
37. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
38. In bed.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
41. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
44. A column of light (as from a beacon).
45. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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