Stems 8

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Across
  1. 3. verbal, articulate
  2. 5. division, contrast
  3. 7. tonsil removal, throat surgery
  4. 8. spelling, writing system
  5. 11. destroy, obliterate
  6. 12. meaninglessness, cynicism
  7. 17. temple, shul
  8. 20. male hormone, testosterone
  9. 21. standing, credibility
  10. 22. loud, outspoken
  11. 24. cultural bias, nationalism
  12. 25. dental specialist, brace doctor
  13. 26. teaching, instruction
  14. 27. processor, computing machine
Down
  1. 1. conventional, traditional
  2. 2. cultural, racial
  3. 4. gender-neutral, unisex
  4. 6. word bank, lexicon
  5. 9. rabble-rouser, agitator
  6. 10. argument, disagreement
  7. 13. massacre, genocide
  8. 14. free, emancipate
  9. 15. appendix removal, surgical excision
  10. 16. cultural study, anthropological research
  11. 18. corrosive, biting
  12. 19. burn, sear
  13. 23. total negation, extreme pessimism