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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. A person who eats human flesh.
12. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
19. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.
20. Having wrinkles or waves.
22. Slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish.
25. That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency.
26. English monk and scholar (672-735).
27. The act of scanning.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
32. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
36. (usually followed by `for') Extremely desirous.
41. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
43. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
44. An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal.
47. (British) Sleep.
48. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
49. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
51. The wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers.
53. A device that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat.
56. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
57. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
58. Red Bordeaux wine from the Medoc district of southwestern France.
60. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
61. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
62. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
64. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
69. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
73. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
77. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
78. The month following April and preceding June.
79. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
80. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
81. Used of a single unit or thing.
82. Genus of tropical American timber trees.
83. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. An informal term for a father.
3. Sour or bitter in taste.
4. Covered or protected with or as if with a case.
5. Eaten as mush or as a thin gruel.
6. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
7. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
8. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
9. West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood.
10. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
11. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
12. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
13. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
14. A large number or amount.
21. Make uniform.
23. Make difficult to perceive by sight.
24. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
28. Being one more than one hundred.
30. King of the Huns.
33. A mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (27,790 feet high).
34. Inflammation of the iris.
35. An event that repeats.
37. A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction.
38. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
39. A white trivalent metallic element.
40. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
42. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
45. A radioactive transuranic element.
46. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
50. Health care for the aged.
52. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.
54. Having little physical or spiritual strength.
55. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
59. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
63. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
65. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
66. Make amends for.
67. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
68. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
70. A city in northern India.
71. Characteristic of false pride.
72. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
74. The residue that remains when something is burned.
75. A secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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