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1. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
4. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style (tight bodice and narrow waist and flowing pleated skirt) that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
8. Fiddler crabs.
11. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
12. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
13. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
14. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
15. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. By bad luck.
19. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
21. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
25. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia.
34. A town in central Belgium.
38. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. Type genus of the Caviidae.
42. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
45. Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds.
46. A set of two similar things considered as a unit.
47. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
48. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
49. In or of the present month.
50. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
51. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
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1. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
4. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
5. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
6. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
7. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
8. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
9. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. A fraudulent business scheme.
20. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
22. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
23. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
26. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. Leave voluntarily.
33. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
35. A small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant.
36. A stringed instrument of India.
37. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
39. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
40. Channel into a new direction.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. A boy or man.
45. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
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