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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
12. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
15. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
16. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
17. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
19. A light touch or stroke.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. The act of scanning.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
28. 100 fen equal 1 yuan.
29. An accountant certified by the state.
30. Offering fun and gaiety.
34. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
38. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
42. A branch of the Tai languages.
43. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
44. Being two more than fifty.
47. A master's degree in business.
48. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
50. Tag the base runner to get him out.
51. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
52. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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1. Strips of potato fried in deep fat.
2. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
3. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
20. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
23. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
24. A flexible container with a single opening.
27. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
31. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
32. An associate degree in applied science.
33. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
35. A genus of Lamnidae.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. Jordan's port.
39. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
40. Material used to daub walls.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
45. Being one more than two.
46. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
49. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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