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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. A lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money.
10. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
13. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
14. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
15. Marked by skill in deception.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
21. Used of small deformed creatures.
23. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
25. An ache localized in the middle or inner ear.
26. Small genus of Eurasian herbs.
29. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
30. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
31. 1/1000 gram.
33. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
37. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. A bachelor's degree in religion.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
44. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
46. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
48. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
50. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
51. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
54. City in central Iran.
59. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
60. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
63. An informal term for a father.
64. The month following February and preceding April.
65. (Babylonian and Assyrian) Goddess of love and fertility and war.
67. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
68. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
69. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
70. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
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1. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
2. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. A motley assortment of things.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
7. Drained of energy or effectiveness.
8. Of or relating to the spleen.
9. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
10. Savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables.
11. The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate.
12. (Greek mythology) The goddess of fortune.
18. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
20. In bed.
22. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
24. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
27. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
28. Set down according to a plan.
32. Offering fun and gaiety.
34. An associate degree in applied science.
35. A master's degree in business.
36. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.
40. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
43. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
45. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
47. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
49. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
52. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
53. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
55. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
57. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
58. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
61. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
62. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
66. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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