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1. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
4. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
7. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
11. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
12. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
13. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
14. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
15. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
16. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. An associate degree in applied science.
21. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
22. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
24. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
28. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
32. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
37. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
40. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
41. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
44. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
45. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
46. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
47. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
48. (Roman Catholic) A greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist.
49. A constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Octans.
50. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
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1. Of or relating to or affecting a lobe.
2. Jordan's port.
3. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
4. Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
7. The cry made by sheep.
8. A large fleet.
9. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
10. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
18. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
20. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
29. (trademark) An antacid.
30. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
31. An associate degree in nursing.
33. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
34. Appeal or request earnestly.
35. Italian operatic composer (1813-1901).
36. Affect with wonder.
38. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
39. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ.
42. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
43. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
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