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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
10. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
13. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
14. Wool of the alpaca.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
18. An unforeseen obstacle.
19. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
20. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
21. In an ideal manner.
24. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
28. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
32. A port city in southwestern Iran.
35. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
39. An associate degree in nursing.
40. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
43. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
47. A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England.
50. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
53. Jordan's port.
56. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
57. Common black European thrush.
59. The residue that remains when something is burned.
60. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
61. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
62. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
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1. A small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid.
2. Fallow deer.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
5. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
6. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
7. East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks.
8. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
9. Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
10. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
11. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
12. An organization of military land forces.
17. Any of several Orthodox Jewish sects who reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel.
22. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
23. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
25. In bed.
26. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
27. 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).
29. One who works hard at boring tasks.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. A light touch or stroke.
33. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
34. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
41. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
42. The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof.
43. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
44. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
45. Lower in esteem.
46. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
48. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
49. North American yellow-breasted songbirds.
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
54. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
55. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
56. A state in midwestern United States.
58. A blow that renders the opponent unconscious.
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