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1. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
4. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
9. In or of the present month.
13. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
14. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
15. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
16. A Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy.
18. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
20. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
21. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
22. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
24. A local computer network for communication between computers.
26. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
27. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
30. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
34. Highly excited.
35. An informal term for a father.
38. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
39. Footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material.
40. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
42. Take in solid food.
43. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
45. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
48. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
50. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
57. A daughter of your brother or sister.
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
60. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
62. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
63. Ctenophores lacking tentacles.
64. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
65. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
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1. A city in Tuscany.
2. A very troublesome child.
3. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
4. Of or relating to the aorta.
5. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
6. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
7. Informal terms for a mother.
8. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
9. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
10. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
11. Singing jazz.
12. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
17. The amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full.
19. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
23. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
25. A quantity of no importance.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. Footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg.
31. The highest level or degree attainable.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
33. The sixth month of the civil year.
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
41. A festival featuring African-American culture.
42. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
44. A large strong and aggressive woman.
46. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
47. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
51. Semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental.
52. Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people).
53. An underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea v 1.
54. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
55. A quantity that is added.
56. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
58. The emotion of great happiness.
61. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
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