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1. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
4. An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business.
12. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit.
17. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
18. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
20. British composer (1857-1934).
21. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
25. Any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm).
27. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
29. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
31. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
32. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
34. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
36. (sometimes followed by `to') Causing harm or injury.
40. Small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall.
42. Situated at or extending to the side.
43. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
44. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
47. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
48. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
50. Relating to or near the radius.
53. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
54. The content of cognition.
55. (golf) In match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played.
56. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
57. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
60. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
61. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
63. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
66. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
69. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
72. Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made.
74. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
76. Any high mountain.
77. A tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives.
80. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
81. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
82. (British) A highway.
83. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
84. Range of what one can know or understand.
85. Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
86. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
3. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
4. Administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava.
5. (used of especially horses) Having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray.
6. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
7. A white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans.
8. Transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location.
9. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
10. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
11. Former name for the order Crocodylia.
12. Migratory American songbird.
13. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
14. A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico.
19. Lower in esteem.
24. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
26. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
28. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
30. A deep bow.
33. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
35. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
37. Possessing qualities befitting a man.
38. Wife of Balder.
39. Sea milkwort.
41. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
45. (Philippine) A dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish.
46. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
49. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
51. A public promotion of some product or service.
52. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
58. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
59. Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors.
62. The basic unit of money in Macao.
64. A city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River.
65. Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers.
67. A Chinese green tea with twisted leaves.
68. Wood of a sumac.
70. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
71. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
73. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
75. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
78. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
79. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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