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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
10. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
13. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
14. Of or relating to or near the nares.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
18. A Spanish river.
19. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
20. Very spicy sauce made from tabasco peppers.
22. Be against.
24. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
25. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
26. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
34. Sour or bitter in taste.
36. A loss of will power.
40. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
41. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
42. The act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. A short play.
46. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
49. A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing.
50. Informal terms for a mother.
53. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
55. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
59. Jordan's port.
61. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
64. The cry made by sheep.
65. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
66. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
68. A container.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. A port city in southwestern Iran.
71. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
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1. A notable achievement.
2. An informal term for a father.
3. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
4. Squash bugs.
5. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
6. Small space in a tissue or part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing.
7. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
8. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
9. An elevated geological formation.
10. A city in east central Texas.
11. By bad luck.
12. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
27. The highest level or degree attainable.
28. A plant lacking a permanent woody stem.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. The twelfth month of the civil year.
32. A dry cold north wind in SE France.
33. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
35. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
37. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
38. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
39. A virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey.
44. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. A genus of Ploceidae.
51. A Loloish language.
52. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
54. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
55. In operation or operational.
56. A French abbot.
57. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
58. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
62. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
63. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
67. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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