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1. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
5. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
8. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
11. A French abbot.
12. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
13. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
14. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
15. The cry made by sheep.
17. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
24. Extremely pleasing.
25. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
26. (informal) Of the highest quality.
28. Noisy talk.
31. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
34. Jordan's port.
37. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
38. Water frozen in the solid state.
41. A medium to dark brownish yellow color.
44. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
46. A master's degree in business.
47. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
50. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
53. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. In bed.
3. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
4. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
5. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
6. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. Related to or located at the back.
21. Make amends for.
22. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
30. Unknown god.
32. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
33. A state in the eastern United States.
35. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
36. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
39. Type genus of the Nepidae.
40. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
42. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
43. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
45. An informal term for a father.
46. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
49. Being nine more than ninety.
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