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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. The twelfth month of the civil year.
12. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
15. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
16. A master's degree in business.
17. A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
23. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
25. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
31. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
32. A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.
35. A bachelor's degree in religion.
37. A constellation in the Milky Way near Cygnus.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
44. Of or relating to or near the nares.
47. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
54. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
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1. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
3. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
4. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
5. Extremely pleasing.
6. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
7. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
19. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
28. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
30. Similar or related in quality or character.
33. Jordan's port.
34. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
36. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
38. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
41. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
45. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
46. An associate degree in applied science.
49. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
51. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
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