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1. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
13. The cry made by sheep.
14. Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.
16. A state in the western United States.
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
20. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
22. A light touch or stroke.
25. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. God of love and erotic desire.
31. A master's degree in fine arts.
33. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
34. Muslim name for God.
38. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
40. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
42. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
46. A port in southwestern Scotland.
47. Influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804).
50. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
51. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
52. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
53. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
54. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
55. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
56. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
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1. Stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
3. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
4. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. Something that hinders as if with bonds v 1.
7. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
15. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
18. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. A state in northwestern North America.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
28. Informal terms for a mother.
29. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
32. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
35. Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance.
36. Spanish poet and dramatist (1898-1936).
37. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
44. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
45. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
48. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
49. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
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