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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
10. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
13. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
14. Grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan.
15. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. Make attractive or lovable.
18. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
19. A small cake leavened with yeast.
21. Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.
22. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
24. Not genuine or real.
27. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
32. The sixth month of the civil year.
33. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
35. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
38. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
40. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
41. A light touch or stroke.
42. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
44. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
46. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
48. 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.
52. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
55. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
58. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. Any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals.
63. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
64. (Irish) The sea personified.
65. A heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads).
66. An associate degree in applied science.
67. A doctor's degree in education.
68. The state of existing and being localized in space.
69. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. Used of a single unit or thing.
5. Consisting of or related to language.
6. A numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number.
7. Having relatively few calories.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
10. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
11. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
12. The capital of Western Samoa.
20. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
23. An awkward stupid person.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
28. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
29. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
30. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
31. Top part of an apron.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
43. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
45. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
49. Of or relating to or involving an area.
50. A Nilotic language.
51. Excessively fat.
53. In bed.
54. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
56. 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.
57. United States feminist and suffragist (1793-1880).
58. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
61. The bill in a restaurant.
62. A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock.
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