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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. Perceive sound.
13. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
14. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
16. A shape that sags.
18. A state in the eastern United States.
19. A person to whom money is paid.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
36. 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.
37. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
44. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
52. A slight amount or degree of difference.
53. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
54. (informal) Very tired.
55. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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1. Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge.
2. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
3. Causing a dull and steady pain.
4. Something that is a source of danger.
5. 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.
6. An associate degree in applied science.
7. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
8. Before noon.
9. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
23. (informal) Exceptionally good.
24. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. A state in northwestern North America.
30. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
31. Informal terms for a mother.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
41. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
45. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
46. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
47. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
51. A Russian river.
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