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1. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
4. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
10. An informal term for a father.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. Of the most contemptible kind.
15. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
16. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
19. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
21. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
22. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. The sixth month of the civil year.
27. Toward the mouth or oral region.
29. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
33. The act of scanning.
36. An awkward stupid person.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
45. A genus of Paridae.
47. Great coolness and composure under strain.
51. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
52. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
53. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
58. (Greek mythology) The Muse of lyric and love poetry.
61. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
62. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
63. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
65. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
66. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
67. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
68. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. A genus of Ploceidae.
2. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.
3. A native-born Israeli.
4. Unknown god.
5. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
6. Slightly open.
7. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
8. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
9. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
10. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
11. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
12. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
17. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
20. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
25. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
26. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
28. A light touch or stroke.
30. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
31. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
32. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
40. Tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit.
41. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
42. The spirit of evil in Zoroastrianism.
43. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
44. Any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns.
46. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
48. A manicurist who trims the fingernails.
49. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
54. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
55. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
56. In bed.
57. Avatar of Vishnu.
59. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
60. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
64. A New England state.
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