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1. Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. A human limb.
11. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
12. (informal) Exceptionally good.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored.
16. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca.
18. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
23. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
25. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
29. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
30. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. Before noon.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
43. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
46. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
48. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
49. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
52. Being one more than two.
53. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
54. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
55. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
4. Any of various units of capacity.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. A resource.
9. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
10. A member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California.
15. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
17. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
19. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
22. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
24. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
26. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
27. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
28. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
31. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
33. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
36. Type genus of the Majidae.
37. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
41. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
42. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
44. A flexible container with a single opening.
45. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
47. Being two more than fifty.
48. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
50. In operation or operational.
51. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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