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1. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
4. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
7. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
11. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
12. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
13. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
14. Of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
17. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
19. The cry made by sheep.
21. A Mid-Atlantic state.
22. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
26. A state in midwestern United States.
27. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
31. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
32. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
34. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
35. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
36. A member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
51. Heal or recover.
52. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
53. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
54. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
55. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. A genus of Ploceidae.
2. A type of folk song that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century.
3. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
4. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
5. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
6. Jordan's port.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
9. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
10. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
18. British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
25. 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.
28. An informal term for a father.
29. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
38. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
42. Set down according to a plan.
43. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
44. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
47. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
48. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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