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1. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
4. Experiencing or expressing gladness or joy.
12. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west.
15. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
16. Having a circular shape.
17. (informal) Of the highest quality.
18. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
20. Accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds by means of the electric field produced by changing magnetic flux.
22. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
24. (Greek mythology) God of love.
25. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
28. Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles.
30. A roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck.
33. Bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set.
35. The unit of plane angle adopted under the System International d'Unites.
39. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
40. Informal terms for a mother.
41. The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa.
43. (superlative of `close') Indicating the one of several that is the shortest distance away adv.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. A general anesthetic (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly.
50. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
51. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
53. Any plant of the genus Inula.
56. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
57. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
61. Of or relating to walls.
62. Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods.
64. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs.
69. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
70. A conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere.
73. Jordan's port.
74. An accountant certified by the state.
75. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
77. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
78. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
79. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
80. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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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. Originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites).
4. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
5. (Irish) The sea personified.
6. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
7. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
8. Devoid of brightness or appeal.
9. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
10. Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests.
11. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
12. Very large red gum tree.
13. Run or move very quickly or hastily.
14. In or of a state of physical or nervous tension.
19. The taxonomic kingdom of lower plants.
21. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
23. The habitation of wild animals.
26. Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth.
27. Ruffed grouse.
29. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
31. A city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River.
32. A person of subnormal intelligence.
34. An expression of greeting.
36. A state in north central United States.
37. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
38. Beet lacking swollen root.
42. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
44. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
45. A fast sailboat with 3 parallel hulls.
46. A hazy or indistinct representation.
47. A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana.
52. A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan.
54. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
55. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
58. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
59. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
60. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
63. An insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult.
65. A small cake leavened with yeast.
66. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
67. In bed.
68. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
71. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
72. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
76. Being nine more than ninety.
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