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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. South African term for `boss'.
8. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
11. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
12. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
15. The highest level or degree attainable.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
20. The act of scanning.
24. God of the earth.
26. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
30. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
35. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
41. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
43. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
45. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
46. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
48. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
49. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
50. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
51. The basic unit of money in Vietnam.
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1. Strips of potato fried in deep fat.
2. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
3. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
5. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
6. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
7. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
8. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. A deficiency of red blood cells.
19. The cry made by sheep.
21. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A light touch or stroke.
28. A Russian river.
29. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
31. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
36. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
37. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
38. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
39. Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.
40. An unforeseen obstacle.
42. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
44. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
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