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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. Any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having 3-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring.
12. The unit of frequency.
15. (of roads) Made of logs laid down crosswise.
16. Very generous.
17. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
18. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
20. Small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia Tibet and Mongolia.
22. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
24. Partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water.
25. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
26. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
28. Graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting.
30. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
33. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
34. In a slim or slender manner.
37. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
41. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. Water soaked soil.
48. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort).
51. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
54. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
56. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
57. Spread or daub over.
61. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
62. A doctor's degree in musical arts.
63. A choice that is made by voting.
66. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
70. Same in identity.
72. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
73. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
77. A master's degree in business.
78. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
79. Biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions.
80. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
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1. Beat severely with a whip or rod.
2. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
3. American novelist (1909-1955).
4. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
5. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
6. (Australian and New Zealand) A disparaging term for English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand.
7. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
8. Prong on a fork or pitchfork.
9. A large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil.
10. A genus of Caltha.
11. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
12. (Mexican) Ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans.
13. Wood of a pecan tree.
14. Informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions.
19. Any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers.
21. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.
23. Marked by good order and cleanliness in appearance or habits.
27. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
29. (Roman mythology) God of love.
31. Plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office.
32. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
35. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. (astronomy) A relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit.
39. Earlier a god.
40. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
42. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
43. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
45. A coarse obnoxious person.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. Lower in esteem.
50. Praise, glorify, or honor.
52. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
53. Type genus of the Percidae.
55. The word class that qualifies verbs or clauses.
58. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
59. (informal) "in the dumps".
60. Rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940).
64. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
65. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
67. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
68. A small cake leavened with yeast.
69. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
71. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
74. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
75. An informal term for a father.
76. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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