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1. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
4. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
8. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
12. Soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants.
16. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
17. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
18. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
19. A Loloish language.
20. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
22. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
24. A primeval personification of air and breath.
25. The friend of Phintias who pledged his life that Phintias would return (4th century BC).
27. Scale-like plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion.
29. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
39. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
45. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
48. A naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827).
50. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
53. A tight-fitting headdress.
54. For fear that.
55. Prince Consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861).
57. Cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain.
60. Used of a single unit or thing.
61. Australian clover fern.
62. Of or relating to or consisting of enol.
63. That is to say.
66. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
68. A white trivalent metallic element.
69. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
70. A doctor's degree in religion.
71. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
74. African mahogany trees.
77. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
78. Type genus of the Hylidae.
79. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
84. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
87. A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere.
90. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
91. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
93. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
95. The second larges of the four main islands of Japan.
96. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
97. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
98. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
99. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
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1. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem.
4. The act of scanning.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
7. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
8. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
9. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
10. Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use.
11. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
12. Someone who attends the theater.
13. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
14. The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.
15. (usually followed by `with' or used in a combining form) Having items suspended on or from a support.
21. The side that is forward or prominent.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
28. A genus of Lamnidae.
30. A doctor's degree in optometry.
31. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
33. Having accumulated or become more intense.
34. Having a claw or claws.
36. Constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic.
37. A trite or obvious remark.
38. Loss of hair (especially on the head) or wool or feathers.
40. Lower in esteem.
41. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
42. A genus of Tettigoniidae.
43. The branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals.
44. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
49. An open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers.
51. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
56. Very lively and profitable.
58. Exalt to the skies.
59. The snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the Organ of Corti.
64. United States labor leader (born in England) who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 to 1924 (1850-1924).
65. Either of two muscles of the abdomen and pelvis that flex the trunk and rotate the thigh.
67. An informal term for a father.
72. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
73. A government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the communists led by Mao Zedong.
75. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
76. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
80. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
81. A choice that is made by voting.
82. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
83. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
85. Atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility.
86. A slender double-reed instrument.
88. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
89. A boy or man.
92. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
94. A Mid-Atlantic state.
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