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1. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
4. French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920).
9. A French abbot.
13. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
17. Jordan's port.
18. A sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption.
19. 10 grams.
20. The largest city and former capital of Turkey.
22. On or toward the lee.
24. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
26. Fallow deer.
27. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
29. Perfume esp. with a censer.
31. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
33. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
36. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
38. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
41. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
43. United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918).
46. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
48. The basic unit of money in Yemen.
50. Baby bed with high sides.
52. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
53. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
55. Cut into long thin strips.
57. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
58. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
61. Located in or toward the back or rear.
62. Transfer somebody to a different position or location of work.
64. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
65. A castrated tomcat.
66. Declare or acknowledge to be true.
67. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
71. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
74. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
75. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
81. A resident of Ohio.
84. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
87. A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude.
88. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
90. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
91. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
92. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
94. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
95. The basic unit of money in Iran.
96. An audiotape recording of sound.
97. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
98. An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.
99. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. Country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula.
4. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
5. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
6. A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England.
7. A Russian river.
8. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
9. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
10. Lose blood from one's body.
11. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
12. Constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic.
13. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
14. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
15. American novelist (1909-1955).
21. Spider crabs.
23. An East Indian sailor.
25. Someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication.
28. (informal) Exceptionally good.
30. A resource.
32. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
34. (of spatial position) In or brought into line with or into proper relative position.
35. A clothing fabric in a plaid weave.
37. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
39. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
40. A strain accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias.
42. The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal).
44. Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination.
45. Capital of Nigeria in the center of the country.
47. Dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin.
49. Lacking spirit or liveliness.
51. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
54. Family based on male descent.
56. Of or relating to the lips of the mouth.
59. A state in New England.
60. One thousandth of a second.
63. A tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces the liquid through the tube.
68. Obvious and dull.
69. Waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls.
70. With good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner.
72. A bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats.
73. The cry made by sheep.
76. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
77. Of great mass.
78. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
79. Of or relating to Saudi Arabia or its people.
80. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
82. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar.
83. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
85. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
86. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
89. Used of a single unit or thing.
90. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
93. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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