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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
12. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
19. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
21. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. An associate degree in applied science.
26. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
29. Russian country house.
33. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
34. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
37. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
38. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
47. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
49. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
51. A tight-fitting headdress.
53. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
54. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
55. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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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. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
5. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
6. Jordan's port.
7. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
8. The sixth month of the civil year.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
20. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
23. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
25. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
27. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
28. A boy or man.
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
32. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
35. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
36. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
39. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
42. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
44. Divulge information or secrets.
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
48. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
50. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
52. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
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