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1. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
4. (biology) Permanently attached to a substrate.
11. (Greek mythology) God of love.
15. Legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
16. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
17. Earlier than the present time.
18. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
20. A purgative made from the leaves of aloe.
21. Slightly open.
22. Characteristic of a lack of maturity.
24. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
28. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions.
31. To fix or set securely or deeply.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A genus of Pyralidae.
35. Sour or bitter in taste.
40. A solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides).
44. A woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chine.
48. Having an oblique or slanting direction or position.
49. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
50. Suggestive of the supernatural.
53. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
54. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
56. Lower in esteem.
57. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
59. A flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it.
61. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
62. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
63. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
65. Argentinian cariama.
74. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
75. (of tempo) Slow adv.
77. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
78. Late time of life.
79. (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld in ancient mythology.
81. A decree that prohibits something.
82. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
83. Being or having an unknown or unnamed source.
84. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
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1. A cloth having a crisscross design.
2. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
3. A Hindu religious teacher.
4. Singing jazz.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
7. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
8. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
9. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
10. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
13. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers.
14. A violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family.
19. The capital of Lesotho.
23. Fiddler crabs.
25. A member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries.
29. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. A master's degree in library science.
36. The capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa.
37. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
38. A bachelor's degree in science.
39. God of death.
41. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
42. Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars.
43. A kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans.
45. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. A notable achievement.
51. Goddess of fertility.
52. An incurable optimist in "Candide" (a satire by Voltaire).
55. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
58. A small constellation near the South Pole between Tucana and Ara.
60. Of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization.
64. Native to eastern Asia.
66. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
67. Relating to the Urdu language.
68. Type genus of the Amiidae.
69. A flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea.
70. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
71. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
72. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
73. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
76. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
80. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
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