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1. 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.
4. In bed.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
13. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
14. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
15. A flexible container with a single opening.
16. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
23. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
28. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
31. United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918).
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
41. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
44. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
45. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
46. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
47. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
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1. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
4. An associate degree in nursing.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
7. 10 grams.
8. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
9. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
19. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
20. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
21. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
25. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
26. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
27. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
29. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
30. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
32. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
33. A light touch or stroke.
34. An informal term for a father.
35. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
36. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
37. A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
39. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
40. Extremely pleasing.
42. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
43. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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