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1. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
4. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
7. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
11. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
12. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
13. A suburb of Paris.
14. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
15. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
17. The month following February and preceding April.
18. Sour or bitter in taste.
20. National capital of Kiribati.
22. Russian country house.
23. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
24. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
27. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
28. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
30. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
42. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
43. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
46. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
48. English monk and scholar (672-735).
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1. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
2. The brightest star in Virgo.
3. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
4. A motley assortment of things.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. The universal time coordinated time on board the spacecraft.
7. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
8. A large fleet.
9. An imperfection in a device or machine.
10. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
21. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
25. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
26. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
29. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
33. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
34. Aroused to impatience or anger.
35. Long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron.
37. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. A boy or man.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
45. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
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