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1. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
4. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
8. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
13. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
14. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
16. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
18. A state in northwestern North America.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. A high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line.
22. A deep bow.
30. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
32. The cry made by sheep.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
38. An enclosed space.
42. A semiautomatic rifle.
45. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
47. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
48. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai).
51. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
52. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
53. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
54. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
3. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
15. A small cake leavened with yeast.
17. Again but in a new or different way.
21. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
23. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
24. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
25. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
26. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
27. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
28. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. An associate degree in applied science.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
37. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
39. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
40. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
41. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
43. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
44. A light touch or stroke.
46. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
47. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
49. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
50. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
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