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1. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
4. A salt or ester derived from silicic acid.
12. Infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. Of or relating to or formed by trees.
17. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
20. The part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body.
22. (Hinduism and Buddhism) The beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation.
25. A card game for 2 players.
27. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
28. A rock group from Liverpool who between 1962 and 1970 produced a variety of hit songs and albums (most of it written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon).
31. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
34. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
35. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
39. A domain in which something is dominant.
41. French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826).
42. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
43. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
46. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
47. Of or relating to the stars or constellations.
49. Relation of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people.
52. A person who eats human flesh.
53. Being nine more than ninety.
54. Goddess of fertility.
55. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
56. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
59. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
61. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
64. A genus of Ploceidae.
68. The part of a coal seam that is being cut.
72. (informal) Of the highest quality.
73. A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana.
76. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
77. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
78. Liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed.
79. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
80. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
81. Goddess associated with ritual of the dead.
82. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
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1. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
2. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
3. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
4. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
5. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
6. 16 ounces.
7. An electrically charged particle.
8. A native or inhabitant of Crete.
9. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
10. A member of a North American Indian people of southwestern Oregon.
11. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
12. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
13. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
14. A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river.
21. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
23. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
29. Officially entered in a roll or list.
30. A winged sandal (as worn by Hermes in Graeco-Roman art).
32. Of or belonging to an aecium.
33. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
36. The distinctive spirit of a people or an era.
37. Type genus of the Otariidae.
38. A Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed people of northern Siberia.
40. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.
44. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
48. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
50. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
51. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
57. An indication of approved or superior status.
58. An alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy.
60. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
62. Based upon or representing political parties.
63. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
65. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
66. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
67. A metal frame or container holding cartridges.
69. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
70. Young of domestic cattle.
71. Make editorial changes (in a text).
74. Used of a single unit or thing.
75. The residue that remains when something is burned.
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