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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
11. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
12. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
13. A strong emotion.
14. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. A long-playing phonograph record.
16. Any plant of the genus Erica.
18. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
22. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. Heal or recover.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
33. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
36. A state in midwestern United States.
38. A flexible container with a single opening.
41. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
42. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
49. Extremely pleasing.
50. A doctor's degree in education.
51. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
5. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
6. 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.
7. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
8. Being three more than fifty.
9. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
10. Not only so, but.
17. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
19. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
21. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
28. The cry made by sheep.
30. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
31. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
32. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. Jordan's port.
37. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
39. Offering fun and gaiety.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. A master's degree in fine arts.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
48. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
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