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1. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
4. In bed.
8. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
11. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
12. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
13. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
14. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
16. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
21. The cry made by sheep.
22. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
23. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
25. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
26. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
33. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
37. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
40. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
44. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
45. Being two more than fifty.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
51. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
52. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
53. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
54. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
2. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
3. A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
6. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
7. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
8. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
9. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
10. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
15. Related to or located at the back.
19. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
27. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. An attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
38. Chief port of Yemen.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. A sudden short attack.
42. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
43. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
46. Being one more than two.
47. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
50. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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