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1. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
4. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
13. Controlling influence.
14. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
15. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
17. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
21. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
24. Extremely pleasing.
26. The bottom of a sea or ocean.
28. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
34. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
35. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
41. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
42. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
46. A small cake leavened with yeast.
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
51. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
54. A strong emotion.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
56. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
57. An informal term for a father.
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1. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
4. God of the underworld.
5. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
6. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
7. An honorary degree in science.
8. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. A light touch or stroke.
22. Related to or located at the back.
23. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
25. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. Being nine more than ninety.
31. A Mid-Atlantic state.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
37. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
39. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
43. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
44. God of death.
45. In bed.
47. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
48. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
49. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
52. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
53. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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