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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. Informal terms for a mother.
8. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
11. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
12. Using speech rather than writing.
13. Fiddler crabs.
14. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
16. Having leadership guidance.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
23. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
30. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
34. A Mid-Atlantic state.
35. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. An associate degree in applied science.
40. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
46. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
48. A door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall.
49. Chief port of Yemen.
50. A public promotion of some product or service.
51. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
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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. Informal terms for a mother.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. A crime syndicate in the United States.
7. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
9. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
10. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
18. Before noon.
19. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
21. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
22. The ending of a series or sequence.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
28. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. Wish harm upon.
32. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
33. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
37. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
39. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
40. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
41. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
42. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown.
44. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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