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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. Inquire about.
11. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. A strong emotion.
15. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
20. The act of scanning.
24. An associate degree in nursing.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. Read anew.
31. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. 16 ounces.
35. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
39. An associate degree in applied science.
41. A Nilotic language.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
47. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
49. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
50. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
51. A decree that prohibits something.
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1. Strips of potato fried in deep fat.
2. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
3. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
4. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
5. The products of human creativity.
6. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
7. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Singing jazz.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
18. Anneal or toughen by a process of gradually heating and cooling.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. An informal term for a father.
23. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
26. A quantity of no importance.
27. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
30. (of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes reproduction".
34. Common Indian weaverbird.
35. A Mid-Atlantic state.
36. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
37. Avatar of Vishnu.
38. Very dark black.
40. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
44. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
48. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
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