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1. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
4. Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit.
12. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. Consider as ideal.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. Annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages.
20. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
21. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
22. A city in northern India.
24. A bachelor's degree in religion.
29. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
31. The capital of Switzerland.
32. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
35. Half the width of an em.
36. Austrian composer (1860-1911).
39. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
40. A group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana.
42. 1 species.
45. Beautiful daughter of Minos and Pasiphae.
47. (Greek mythology) Fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail.
49. Any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes.
50. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
51. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
52. Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers.
54. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
56. A doctor's degree in optometry.
57. A Russian river.
59. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
62. Singing jazz.
69. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
70. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
71. Jordan's port.
72. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
75. Extremely pleasing.
76. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
77. Any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers.
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
3. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
4. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
5. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
6. A state in New England.
7. Biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions.
8. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
9. The distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound).
10. (chemistry) Relating to or containing the azido group N3.
11. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
12. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
13. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
14. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
19. A woman of refinement.
23. Dutch ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity (1834-1908).
25. Fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and hops.
26. A unit of inductance equal to one billionth of a henry.
27. Make richer.
28. Flesh of any of various freshwater fishes of the families Centrarchidae of North America or Cyprinidae of Europe.
30. Inability to urinate.
33. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
34. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
37. A number that is added to another number (the augend).
38. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
41. Fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used.
43. Deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia.
44. Not only so, but.
46. Traveling by foot.
48. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
53. A state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose.
55. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
58. (botany) Especially of leaves.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. Jordan's port.
63. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
64. An elaborate song for solo voice.
65. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
66. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
67. A ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars).
68. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
73. A white trivalent metallic element.
74. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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