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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. A light touch or stroke.
7. Deeply moved.
11. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
12. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
13. The content of cognition.
14. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
15. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
17. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
18. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
22. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
23. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
29. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
33. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
35. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
43. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
44. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
47. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
49. English monk and scholar (672-735).
50. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
51. An associate degree in applied science.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
5. Small space in a tissue or part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing.
6. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
7. A state in New England.
8. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
9. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
16. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
19. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
27. Being nine more than forty.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
31. A state in the eastern United States.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. A large fleet.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
40. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. South African term for `boss'.
45. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
46. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
48. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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