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1. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
4. Be iridescent.
12. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
16. Either of 2 species of the genus Roridula.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
20. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
21. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
22. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
25. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
28. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
30. A white trivalent metallic element.
32. Causing a dull and steady pain.
33. A city in northwestern Switzerland.
37. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
39. Aroused to impatience or anger.
42. A narrow way or road.
43. Large Indian antelope.
45. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
46. Being the only one.
47. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
52. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
54. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
55. (informal) Of the highest quality.
56. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
57. Very dark black.
58. Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200).
60. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
64. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
69. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
73. The cry made by sheep.
74. A cotton fabric with a satiny finish.
77. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
78. A container.
79. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
81. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
82. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
83. In accordance with nature.
84. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
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1. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
2. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
3. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
4. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
5. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
6. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
7. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
8. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
9. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
10. Clear to the mind.
11. Take in solid food.
12. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
19. Large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns.
23. Knock unconscious or senseless.
24. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. Uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror.
29. A Russian river.
31. A trite or obvious remark.
34. A shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot.
35. Spin or twist together so as to form a cord.
36. A city in the western Netherlands.
38. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
40. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
49. A small cake leavened with yeast.
51. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
53. A stock exchange in New York.
59. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
61. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
62. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
63. Being one more than one hundred.
65. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
66. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
67. A city in southeastern South Korea.
68. A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another.
70. A thrusting blow with a knife.
71. Stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding.
72. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
75. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
76. Vietnamese New Year.
80. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
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