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1. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
4. A literary language of Chinese Turkestan (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan).
12. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
15. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
16. Characterized by active hostility.
17. Term of address for a man.
18. (commerce) The period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange).
20. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
21. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
22. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
24. Capital of Nigeria in the center of the country.
26. British sculptor (born in the United States) noted for busts and large controversial works (1880-1959).
29. A member of a people of India living in Maharashtra.
31. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
32. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
33. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
35. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
39. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
41. Holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible.
43. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. A salt used especially in baking powder.
48. (Italian cookery) Squid prepared as food.
50. One of the three Furies.
51. A public promotion of some product or service.
52. (informal) Roused to anger.
53. A flexible container with a single opening.
56. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
59. A woman of refinement.
62. Discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization, in psychoanalysis.
65. Crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax.
69. A humorous anecdote or remark.
70. Lac purified by heating and filtering.
73. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
74. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
75. An oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments.
76. Bound or secured closely.
77. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
78. Relating to or coming from the south.
79. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly.
2. Serving as or forming a base.
3. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
4. (Greek mythology) Queen of Thebes who unknowingly married her own son Oedipus.
5. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
6. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
7. A populous province in northeastern China.
8. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
9. Unstratified soil deposited by a glacier.
10. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
11. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
12. (Assyrian) Chief god of the Assyrians.
13. Dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain.
14. Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts.
19. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
23. A rare soft orange mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide.
25. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
27. The fifth day of the week.
28. Bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies.
30. Away from the mouth or oral region.
34. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
36. An involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting.
37. Related on the mother's side.
38. A leather strap used to sharpen razors.
40. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
42. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
44. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
46. Top part of an apron.
49. Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made.
54. Before noon.
55. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
57. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
58. A way of access consisting of a set of steps.
60. A design fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design to be transferred to the surface.
61. A blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl.
63. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
64. The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC.
66. A roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top.
67. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
68. An informal term for a father.
71. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
72. (Irish) The sea personified.
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