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1. An enclosed space.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. Any of various small biting flies.
13. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
14. A small cake leavened with yeast.
16. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
18. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
19. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
21. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
24. A light touch or stroke.
26. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
28. A young woman making her debut into society.
29. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
32. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
35. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
39. An associate degree in nursing.
41. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
43. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
50. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
51. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
52. A very light brown.
54. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
55. An informal term for a father.
56. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
57. A master's degree in fine arts.
58. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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1. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
4. 1/1000 gram.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. Extremely pleasing.
7. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
8. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. Type genus of the Anatidae.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
22. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
23. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
25. The cry made by sheep.
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
31. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
33. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
34. The way in which someone or something is composed.
38. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
40. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. An endorsement.
43. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
44. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
45. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
46. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
48. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
49. (informal) Of the highest quality.
53. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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