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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
8. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
11. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
12. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
13. A unit of pressure.
14. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
16. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition.
17. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
21. A lake in northwestern Russia.
24. Of or like a cecum.
27. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
36. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
38. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
41. (informal) A witty amusing person who makes jokes.
43. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
45. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
47. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
49. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
50. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
51. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
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1. An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).
2. Fallow deer.
3. Beside one another in a row or rank.
4. Of or relating to Fabianism.
5. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
6. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
7. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
8. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
9. One thousandth of a second.
10. Type genus of the Pipidae.
15. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
18. The cry made by sheep.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
22. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
23. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
28. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
36. An arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line.
37. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
38. An informal term for a father.
39. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
40. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
42. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
44. The month following July and preceding September.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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