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1. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
4. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
8. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
11. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
12. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978).
13. The last (12th) month of the year.
14. The fatty flesh of eel.
15. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
17. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
18. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
20. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
24. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
26. The southern part of the ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah.
28. A small cake leavened with yeast.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
37. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
38. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
40. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
41. A stock exchange in New York.
43. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
45. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
46. Hang loosely or laxly.
47. Tag the base runner to get him out.
48. An audiotape recording of sound.
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1. A secret look.
2. Drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling.
3. A deep bow.
4. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
5. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
6. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
7. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
8. A public promotion of some product or service.
9. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
19. Largest crested screamer.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
25. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
27. A native of ancient Troy.
29. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
30. Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
32. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
33. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
35. A radioactive transuranic element.
36. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
37. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. Being ten more than thirty.
43. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
44. A Russian river.
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