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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
8. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
11. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
12. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
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. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
16. A flexible container with a single opening.
17. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
21. A fraudulent business scheme.
25. Small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems.
28. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
29. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
30. Extremely pleasing.
31. Noisy talk.
33. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
37. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
41. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
42. Set down according to a plan.
46. An associate degree in applied science.
47. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
48. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
49. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
50. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
51. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
52. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
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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. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
6. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
7. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
8. A small cake leavened with yeast.
9. By bad luck.
10. Especially one side of a leaf.
18. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
19. Jordan's port.
20. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
24. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
32. Unknown god.
34. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
35. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. Type genus of the Ranidae.
39. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
40. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
45. A young woman making her debut into society.
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