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1. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
4. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
12. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
15. An enclosed space.
16. Wildly disordered.
17. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
18. Petty quarrel.
20. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
22. Read anew.
24. Free from duties or responsibilities.
26. Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits.
28. Spider monkeys.
29. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
31. A white trivalent metallic element.
32. Russian choreographer (1834-1905).
34. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
37. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
38. A crime syndicate in the United States.
42. Red-winged blackbirds.
46. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
47. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
50. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
51. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
53. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
55. An electrically charged particle.
56. 1 species.
58. Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen).
61. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
63. Best of its kind on record.
67. Japanese painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1760-1849).
72. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
73. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
76. A Hindu prince or king in India.
77. (computer science) Memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed.
78. Living or growing on the exterior surface of an animal usually as a parasite.
80. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
81. Seed of a pea plant.
82. The petals of a flower collectively forming an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth.
83. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
2. The back side of the neck.
3. A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge.
4. Before noon.
5. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
6. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
7. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
8. Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980).
9. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
10. The unit of plane angle adopted under the System International d'Unites.
11. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
12. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
13. A noisy riotous fight.
14. A large number or amount.
19. Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.
21. Argentine guerrilla leader who played an important role in the Cuban revolution under Fidel Castro (1928-1967).
23. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
25. A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem.
27. The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville.
30. A port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. Being one more than one hundred.
39. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
40. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
41. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
43. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
48. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
49. The month following February and preceding April.
52. One or more recordings issued together.
54. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
57. The cry made by sheep.
59. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
60. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
62. (Norse mythology) Giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom.
64. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
65. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
66. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
68. A slender double-reed instrument.
69. God of love and erotic desire.
70. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
71. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
74. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
75. A pass between mountain peaks.
79. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
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