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1. How long something has existed.
4. A covering to disguise or conceal the face.
8. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
11. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
12. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
14. By bad luck.
16. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
17. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
18. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
19. A light touch or stroke.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. A bachelor's degree in religion.
27. A small cake leavened with yeast.
29. A school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
37. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
40. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
41. Jordan's port.
43. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
46. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
50. Being one more than two.
52. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
53. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
54. The content of cognition.
55. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
2. Offering fun and gaiety.
3. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
4. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
7. God of love and erotic desire.
8. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
15. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
20. The money risked on a gamble.
23. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. 1/10 gram.
28. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
30. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
34. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
36. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
43. An informal term for a father.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
47. A boy or man.
48. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
49. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
50. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
51. A midwestern state in north central United States.
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