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1. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
4. Cause to be embarrassed.
9. Cattle that are reared for their meat.
13. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
18. A city in southeastern Sweden.
19. Towards the side away from the wind.
20. A liquid preparation used on wet hair to it a tint.
22. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
24. Lower in esteem.
26. Salty fluid secreted by sweat glands.
27. A serving of drink (usually alcoholic).
29. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
30. (followed by `with') Deeply filled or permeated.
32. Enclose in a shrine, as of an object for religious purposes.
33. A genus of Indriidae.
35. Bound or secured closely.
36. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
40. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
42. Small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects.
45. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
46. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
47. Having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel.
49. Hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot.
51. Again but in a new or different way.
52. Being one more than forty.
53. A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea.
54. Any of various small plant-sucking insects.
56. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
58. The capital of Western Samoa.
60. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
61. God of war and sky.
62. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
63. Family based on male descent.
65. Taking place over public roads.
67. City in northwestern Jordan.
69. A pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole.
73. (anatomy) A fold or wrinkle or crease.
75. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
77. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
79. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
81. A political organization within the Democratic Party in New York city (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism.
82. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
84. A city in central Illinois on the Illinois River.
88. A small constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cygnus and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way.
91. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
92. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
93. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
95. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
96. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
97. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
98. (British slang) Cafe.
99. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
100. Used of a single unit or thing.
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1. A member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin.
2. Mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger.
3. A bar of sand.
4. South American cavy.
5. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
6. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
7. Any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate.
8. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
9. Small genus of western African evergreen trees and shrubs bearing fleshy capsular three-seeded fruits edible when neither unripe nor overripe.
10. A card game similar to ecarte.
11. Half the width of an em.
12. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
13. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
14. Flat tableland with steep edges.
15. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
21. (Greek) Made of lamb.
23. (used informally especially of bones) Fractured.
25. The whiteness that results from removing the color from something.
28. California annual having flower heads with yellow rays tipped with white.
31. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
34. Coldness due to a cold environment.
37. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
38. Shaped like a ring.
39. Unrestrained by convention or morality.
41. Sightlessness (especially because of a structural defect in or the absence of an eye).
43. Employed in accomplishing something.
44. Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness.
48. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
50. Make a vibrant sound, as of some birds.
55. A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths.
57. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
59. (southwestern United States) A stream or brook.
64. Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness.
66. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
68. Someone who asks a question.
69. South American cavy.
70. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
71. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
72. French dramatist (born in Romania) who was a leading exponent of the theater of the absurd (1912-1994).
74. Of or relating to the aorta.
76. A variety of leaf bug.
77. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
78. With rapid movements.
80. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
81. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
83. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
85. A Hindu prince or king in India.
86. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
87. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
89. An awkward stupid person.
90. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
94. A radioactive transuranic element.
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