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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. A parallelogram with four equal sides.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
16. (computer science) Memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed.
17. A water wheel with buckets attached to the rim.
18. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
22. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
24. A situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad).
26. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
27. Of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base.
29. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
31. An expression of greeting.
32. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
34. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
35. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
37. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
39. An arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west.
43. Not widely known.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
50. Of or relating to near the ear.
51. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
53. A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
54. A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry).
55. An abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance.
56. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
57. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
59. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
62. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
66. An active and efficient cause.
68. Not only so, but.
72. Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body.
73. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
75. An important dogsled race run annually on the Iditarod Trail.
77. Serving as or forming a base.
80. Informal terms for a mother.
83. Of or pertaining to or affected by albinism.
89. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
90. Owing or owed feudal allegiance and service.
91. A region (and former kingdom) in northwestern Spain on the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay.
93. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
96. The month following February and preceding April.
97. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
98. A river in southeastern France.
99. The sixth month of the civil year.
100. Either extremity of something that has length.
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1. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping.
2. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
3. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
4. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
5. A disreputable vagrant.
6. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
7. Of or relating to or causing constriction of the pupil of the eye.
8. A small cake leavened with yeast.
9. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
10. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
11. Of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure.
12. Agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central and South America and West Indies.
13. The mints.
14. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
15. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
21. Inject with libidinal energy.
23. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
25. A lever that is operated with the foot.
28. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
30. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of romanticism (1866-1925).
36. Fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies.
38. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
40. Taking place over public roads.
41. An indirect (and usually malicious) implication.
42. Having cusps or points.
44. The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
46. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
47. Calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system).
48. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
52. Greek mythology.
58. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
60. Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly.
61. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
63. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
64. Abusing vocally.
65. Any plant of the genus Erica.
67. An Indian gum from the dhawa tree.
69. An associate degree in nursing.
70. Proboscis monkeys.
71. Any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers.
72. Of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure.
74. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
76. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
78. A linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons.
79. Used of a single unit or thing.
81. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
82. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
84. Fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and hops.
85. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
86. The highest level or degree attainable.
87. A city of central China.
88. A unit of length equal to 3 feet.
92. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
93. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
94. Being one more than fifty.
95. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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