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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
8. Inquire about.
11. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
12. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
16. Used of a single unit or thing.
17. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
24. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
30. A small cake leavened with yeast.
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
39. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
43. A flexible container with a single opening.
45. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
48. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
49. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
50. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
51. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
52. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
53. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
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1. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
2. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
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. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
7. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
15. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
19. The cry made by sheep.
21. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
23. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
35. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
36. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
38. Common Indian weaverbird.
40. An Eskimo hut.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. Fallow deer.
43. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. 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.
46. An associate degree in applied science.
47. A light touch or stroke.
48. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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