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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
10. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
13. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
14. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
18. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
19. The fatty flesh of eel.
20. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
23. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual wear (usually in the plural).
25. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
29. An obsolete name for nitrogen.
33. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
37. A person active in party politics.
38. A genus of Ploceidae.
40. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
41. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
42. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
43. A B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. Failing to detonate.
47. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
51. A Nilotic language.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
61. The basic unit of money in Albania.
62. The capital of Eritrea.
64. Towards the side away from the wind.
65. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
66. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
67. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
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1. Beat severely with a whip or rod.
2. Fallow deer.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
5. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
6. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
7. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
8. Type genus of the Anatidae.
9. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
10. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
11. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
12. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
17. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
21. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
22. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
24. A soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element.
26. By bad luck.
27. An informal term for a father.
28. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
30. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. A light-weight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun.
32. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
34. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
35. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
36. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
48. In bed.
49. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
50. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914).
53. Again but in a new or different way.
54. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
56. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
57. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
58. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
59. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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