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1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
7. A company emblem or device.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A resource.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. The bill in a restaurant.
15. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
17. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
18. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
24. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
27. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
30. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
33. The sixth month of the civil year.
34. A large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman.
35. Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
44. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
46. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
49. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
53. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
54. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
55. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
56. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
4. Extremely pleasing.
5. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
6. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
7. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
8. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
9. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
19. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
23. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
25. Of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary.
26. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
32. A state in northwestern North America.
36. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
42. In bed.
43. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
45. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
47. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
48. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
52. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
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