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1. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
4. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
7. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
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. The sixth month of the civil year.
15. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
16. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
17. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
20. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
21. A flexible container with a single opening.
24. An accountant certified by the state.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. Jordan's port.
35. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
36. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
38. 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.
42. Make amends for.
46. The cry made by sheep.
47. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
48. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
49. A cgs unit of work or energy.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion.
52. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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1. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
2. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. Extremely pleasing.
5. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
6. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
7. 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.
8. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
18. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
23. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
28. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
31. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
37. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
38. A New England state.
39. In bed.
40. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
41. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
45. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
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