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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. Any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers.
12. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
15. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
16. Hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
19. Temporary living quarters.
20. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
21. The god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami.
23. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant.
25. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
27. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. A state in midwestern United States.
31. Of or relating to punishment.
32. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
33. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
36. On or toward the lee.
40. A constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the French Riviera.
44. In operation or operational.
45. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
46. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
47. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
48. An associate degree in nursing.
50. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
51. A final climactic stage.
53. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
56. Being one more than fifty.
57. A city in east central Texas.
59. Selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas n.
61. A small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane.
64. Late time of life.
65. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
66. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
69. A feeling of anger caused by being offended.
73. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
76. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
77. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
78. Five-toed pachyderm.
79. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
80. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
81. The site of three famous battles among Greek city-states.
82. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
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1. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
2. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
3. State in northeastern India.
4. Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air.
5. A favorite saying of a sect or political group.
6. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
7. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
8. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
9. Moving quickly and excitedly.
10. Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged.
11. (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree.
12. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
13. Speaking a Slavic language.
14. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
22. Greek mythology.
24. (Judeo-Christian religion) Chief spirit of evil and adversary of God.
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. A sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow.
34. The capital and largest city of Rwanda.
35. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines.
37. (prefix) Within.
38. Used by southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier).
39. Large tree of Trinidad and Guyana having odd-pinnate leaves and violet-scented axillary racemes of yellow flowers and long smooth pods.
41. Relatively low in price or charging low prices.
42. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
43. The cry made by sheep.
49. A good source of something that is desired.
52. (Welsh) Underworld god.
54. Canadian writer noted for his analyses of the mass media (1911-1980).
55. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
58. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and a progestin compound.
60. Feeling mild pleasurable excitement.
62. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
63. Closed with a lace.
67. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
68. The month following August and preceding October.
70. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
71. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
72. At or constituting a border or edge.
74. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
75. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
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