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1. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
4. A Loloish language.
8. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
11. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
13. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
14. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
16. A state in midwestern United States.
17. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
19. A former French coin of low denomination.
20. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
21. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
22. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
24. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
26. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
30. An informal conversation.
32. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
33. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
39. 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.
42. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
43. Use explosives on.
46. Unknown god.
47. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
53. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
54. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
55. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
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1. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
2. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
3. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas.
6. The capital city of Vietnam.
7. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
8. 16 ounces.
9. Type genus of the Amiidae.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
15. A bottle with a stopper.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
25. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
29. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
31. Tag the base runner to get him out.
36. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
37. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
38. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
40. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
45. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
48. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
51. A New England state.
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