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1. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
4. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
8. A light touch or stroke.
11. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
12. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. Not in good physical or mental health.
14. Of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color.
15. A fraudulent business scheme.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
19. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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.
31. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
33. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
34. Extremely pleasing.
35. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
42. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
46. A city in the European part of Russia.
47. A city in northern India.
49. (informal) Of the highest quality.
50. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
51. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
52. The cry made by sheep.
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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. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
5. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. God of love and erotic desire.
8. The site of an archeological exploration.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. Divulge information or secrets.
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. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
23. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
25. German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969).
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
29. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
30. A doctor's degree in religion.
32. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
39. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
40. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
41. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
43. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
44. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
45. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
46. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
48. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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