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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. A resource.
12. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
15. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
16. Minor or subordinate.
17. A state in midwestern United States.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
22. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
24. A Russian river.
28. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
31. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A public promotion of some product or service.
34. 16 ounces.
35. Soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired.
40. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
44. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
45. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
46. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio.
48. Avatar of Vishnu.
49. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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1. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
2. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
3. A rapid bustling commotion.
4. 1 species.
5. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
6. United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885).
7. A rosid dicot genus that includes moon carrots.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. United States singer and film actor (1904-1977).
19. In a mildly insane manner.
23. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
27. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
29. (trademark) An antacid.
30. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
36. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
42. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
43. The last (12th) month of the year.
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