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1. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
4. An unwholesome atmosphere.
10. A human limb.
13. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
14. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
15. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
16. The cry made by sheep.
17. Apple trees.
19. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
22. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
24. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
25. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
27. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
28. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
31. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. Extremely pleasing.
36. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
38. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
42. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
46. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
52. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
55. One-thousandth of an equivalent.
56. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.
58. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
60. (Irish) The sea personified.
61. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
64. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
65. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
66. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
67. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
2. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
3. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
4. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
5. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
6. The sign language used in the United States.
7. Large elongated compressed food fish of European Atlantic waters.
8. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
9. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
10. Jordan's port.
11. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
12. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
18. Offering fun and gaiety.
20. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
21. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
23. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
37. German philosopher (1776-1841).
39. South African term for `boss'.
40. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
43. The face of a timepiece.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
47. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
48. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
49. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. Jordan's port.
53. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
54. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
57. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
59. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
62. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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