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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. An associate degree in applied science.
11. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
12. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
13. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
14. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
15. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
17. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
18. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
20. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
21. In bed.
23. Singing jazz.
24. Type genus of the Amiidae.
27. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
28. A mountainous region in central Italy.
31. (Roman mythology) God of love.
32. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
35. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
39. (informal) Exceptionally good.
41. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
42. The cry made by sheep.
46. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
47. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Footwear (shoes or slippers) with no heel (or a flat heel).
2. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
3. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
4. The month following February and preceding April.
5. Type genus of the Anatidae.
6. Of or relating to Fiji or its people or language or culture.
7. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. Before noon.
9. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
19. A violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightening.
22. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
25. A crime syndicate in the United States.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. The peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II.
30. An electrically charged particle.
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. A city in central New York.
36. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
37. A Hindu prince or king in India.
38. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
40. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
43. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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