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1. The universal time coordinated time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
13. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
14. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
15. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
16. Extremely pleasing.
17. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. Jordan's port.
21. In bed.
24. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
25. 35th President of the United States.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
31. A unit of pressure.
34. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
36. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
42. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
43. Late time of life.
44. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
45. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
2. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
3. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
4. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
5. The head of the Roman Catholic Church.
6. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
10. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
18. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
23. A fraudulent business scheme.
26. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
29. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
30. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
32. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
33. A female domestic.
35. (British slang) Cafe.
37. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
38. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
40. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
41. A person forced to flee from home or country.
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