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1. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
4. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
7. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
11. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
12. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
13. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
14. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
15. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
16. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
17. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
20. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
21. Tag the base runner to get him out.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
27. A French abbot.
31. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
33. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
34. A Loloish language.
37. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
38. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
46. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. (informal) Roused to anger.
51. In bed.
52. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
55. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. Channel into a new direction.
2. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
3. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
4. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
5. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
6. A human limb.
7. 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.
8. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
18. A motley assortment of things.
19. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
22. The cry made by sheep.
24. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. A bachelor's degree in religion.
30. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
32. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
42. Set down according to a plan.
43. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
44. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
47. (Irish) The sea personified.
48. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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