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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. A master's degree in education.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. A light brown raw cane sugar from Guyana.
17. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
18. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
20. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
22. British physicist (born in Hungary) noted for his work on holography (1900-1979).
25. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
27. Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance.
30. Having or covered with hair.
31. Having hills and crags.
35. A letter sent by air mail.
40. The agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered.
41. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
44. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
45. The sign language used in the United States.
47. The capital and largest city of Norway.
49. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
51. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
53. A bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena.
58. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
59. Dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa.
60. The tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth.
64. Derive or receive pleasure from.
67. A hard protective sheath as secreted by certain protoctists e.g..
70. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
71. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
72. Not formal.
74. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
75. A light touch or stroke.
76. United States poet (1884-1933).
77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
2. An informal term for a father.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
5. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
6. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
7. Type genus of the Nepidae.
8. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
9. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
10. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
11. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
12. (South African) An ear of corn.
13. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
14. The process of gradually becoming inferior.
19. Of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or their languages or cultures.
21. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
23. (nautical) Fitted or equipped with necessary rigging (sails and shrouds and stays etc).
24. English monk and scholar (672-735).
26. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
28. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse.
29. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
32. A rational motive for a belief or action.
33. (botany) Of some seeds.
34. Type genus of the Amiidae.
36. (archaic) The emperor of Japan.
37. Tag the base runner to get him out.
38. A city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River.
39. Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other.
42. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
43. Rub elbows with.
46. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
48. A syntactic string that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit.
50. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. Call forth.
55. A tranquilizer (trade name Navane) used to treat schizophrenia.
56. Colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets are suspended.
57. Of an instrument of certain death.
61. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri.
62. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
63. A lyric poet.
65. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
66. God of love and erotic desire.
68. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
69. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
73. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
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