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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
9. (informal) A bunch.
13. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
16. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
17. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
20. Correction by erasing.
22. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
24. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
25. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
26. Parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates.
28. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
30. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
31. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
33. The money risked on a gamble.
40. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
44. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
47. A polite name for any woman.
48. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
49. Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
51. An island in Indonesia in the Malay Archipelago.
52. God of fire.
54. A bachelor's degree in library science.
55. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
57. A genus of Falconidae.
59. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
60. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
61. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
62. Inventory accounting in which the oldest items (those first acquired) are assumed to be the first sold.
65. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
67. (trademark) An alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
69. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
70. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
74. A fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle.
76. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
78. A British doctorate.
79. The back of a saddle seat.
83. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
85. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
88. American novelist (1909-1955).
89. A sudden short attack.
91. World's longest river (4187 miles).
94. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.
95. An intuitive awareness.
96. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
97. Any of various small biting flies.
98. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
99. Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910).
100. A city of central China.
101. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
102. A branch of the Tai languages.
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1. Eat a lot and without restraint.
2. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
3. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
4. Ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
7. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
8. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
9. A smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure.
10. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
11. Regional and archaic.
12. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
13. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
21. Low tree ferns with large fronds.
23. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
27. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
29. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
32. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
34. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
35. A government tax on imports or exports.
36. (combining form) Indicating radiation or radioactivity.
37. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
38. A person who worships idols.
39. Hardy breed from Ayr Scotland.
41. Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper.
42. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
43. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
45. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
46. Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes.
50. Informal terms for money.
53. Tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall.
56. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort).
58. Put down by force or intimidation.
63. A college or university team that competes at a level below the varsity team.
64. The capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island.
66. In an irate manner.
67. Ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail.
68. (biology) Having branches or flower heads that bend downward.
69. Regional and archaic.
71. Type genus of the Caricaceae.
72. A port city in southwestern Iran.
73. A light touch or stroke.
75. Unwisely talking too much.
80. Advanced in years.
81. A condition requiring relief.
82. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
84. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
86. Avatar of Vishnu.
87. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
90. Black tropical American cuckoo.
92. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
93. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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