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1. The month following September and preceding November.
4. A Loloish language.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
12. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
15. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
24. A long-playing phonograph record.
25. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
30. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
31. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
32. (informal) Of the highest quality.
33. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
34. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
37. Jordan's port.
41. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
45. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
46. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
49. A tight-fitting headdress.
50. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
51. A heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal.
52. A master's degree in fine arts.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
55. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
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1. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
2. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
3. To an excessive degree.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
6. One who works hard at boring tasks.
7. Italian Benedictine monk who was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
20. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
27. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
28. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
29. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
33. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
35. The extent of something from side to side.
36. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
38. God of love and erotic desire.
39. The sixth month of the civil year.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. The highest level or degree attainable.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
47. An associate degree in applied science.
48. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
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