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1. A period of time spent sleeping.
4. One of the common people.
8. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
11. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
12. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
13. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
14. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
16. The face or front of a building.
18. Before noon.
19. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
22. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
23. An associate degree in nursing.
24. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
26. A young woman making her debut into society.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
30. Jordan's port.
32. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
35. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
38. A flexible container with a single opening.
39. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. A polite name for any woman.
51. (Irish) The sea personified.
52. A quantity of no importance.
53. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
54. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
55. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
56. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
57. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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1. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
2. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
3. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
4. After noon.
5. Being one more than fifty.
6. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
7. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
8. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. A primeval personification of air and breath.
15. A public promotion of some product or service.
17. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. (informal) Exceptionally good.
31. God of love and erotic desire.
33. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
34. A Mid-Atlantic state.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
40. In bed.
41. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
42. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
43. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. Noisy talk.
50. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
51. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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