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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. A unit of pressure.
7. Any of various small biting flies.
11. A human limb.
12. British informal term.
13. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
14. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
15. In bed.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. By bad luck.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. A Loloish language.
23. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
26. A school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences.
30. A large fleet.
33. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
34. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
35. A fraudulent business scheme.
38. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
43. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
44. Considerate and solicitous care.
45. A French abbot.
47. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
49. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
50. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
51. God of fire.
52. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
53. An informal term for a father.
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1. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
2. Made of fir or pine.
3. A city in northern India.
4. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
5. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
6. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
7. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
8. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. A deep bow.
20. The money risked on a gamble.
22. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
24. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
25. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
27. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
31. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
32. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
36. 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.
37. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
41. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
42. Any of the Hindu sacred writing.
46. The cry made by sheep.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
48. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
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