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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
8. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
16. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
17. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
18. A wound made by cutting.
19. A French abbot.
20. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
21. A diocese of the Eastern Christian Church.
23. Render capable or able for some task.
24. A small cake leavened with yeast.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
29. A branch of the Tai languages.
30. Any of various units of capacity.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. Having or covered with hair.
39. Someone who is skilled at analyzing data.
44. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
47. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
48. Widespread genus or herbs or soft-wooded arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers.
50. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
52. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
53. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
56. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
57. United States artist whose paintings portrayed life in the Midwest and South (1889-1975).
58. An iconic mental representation.
60. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
61. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
63. Excessively fat.
65. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
69. More often or more frequently.
71. An area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India.
73. Put someone through a debriefing and make him report.
75. In a keen and discriminating manner.
76. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
80. English writer (born in Ireland) (1713-1766).
84. Employed in accomplishing something.
85. Attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness.
86. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
89. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
91. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
92. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
93. Fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and hops.
95. (British) Your grandmother.
96. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
97. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
98. On or toward the lee.
99. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
5. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
10. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
11. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
12. South African term for `boss'.
13. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
14. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
15. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves.
22. An accountant certified by the state.
25. Discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization, in psychoanalysis.
28. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
31. Minor or subordinate.
32. A colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin.
34. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
36. The academic world.
37. United States writer remembered for his stories (1783-1859).
38. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
40. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
41. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
42. The lowest molding of an architectural base or of a baseboard.
43. Someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement).
45. A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart.
46. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
49. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
51. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
54. To fix or set securely or deeply.
55. French royal architect who built the Tuileries Palace and Gardens in Paris for Catherine de Medicis (1515-1570).
59. An unaccompanied choral composition with sacred lyrics.
62. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
64. Spot, stain, or pollute.
66. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
67. A primeval personification of air and breath.
68. Fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America.
69. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
70. A woman who is engaged to be married.
72. Preliminary drawing for later elaboration.
74. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
77. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
78. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
79. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
81. The lowest brass wind instrument.
82. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
83. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
87. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
88. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
90. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
94. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
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