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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
8. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
11. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
12. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
13. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
14. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
15. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
16. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
22. A state in northwestern North America.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio.
27. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. The cry made by sheep.
31. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
34. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
38. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
39. (Norse mythology) The heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes.
43. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
47. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
52. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
53. A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.
54. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
56. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
57. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
2. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. Being five more than fifty.
5. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
8. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
9. 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.
10. Related to or located at the back.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. A small cake leavened with yeast.
21. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. A master's degree in business.
36. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
37. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
42. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
43. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
44. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
45. Anything that serves as an enticement.
46. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
49. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
50. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
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