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1. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
4. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
10. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
13. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
14. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
17. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
19. Jordan's port.
21. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
22. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
23. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
25. A doctor's degree in optometry.
27. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
33. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
34. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
36. That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency.
37. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
39. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
42. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
43. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
44. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
46. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
48. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
50. (Welsh) Underworld god.
52. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
54. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
58. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
61. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
62. Being one more than two.
63. A port city in southwestern Iran.
65. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
66. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
67. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
68. Take in solid food.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
3. Enthusiastic approval.
4. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
7. The sixth month of the civil year.
8. Informal abbreviation of `gentleman'.
9. The square of a body of any size of type.
10. Heal or recover.
11. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
12. Offering fun and gaiety.
18. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. The southern part of the ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah.
26. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A flexible container with a single opening.
30. A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands.
31. A small island.
32. Employed in accomplishing something.
35. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq.
40. A bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases.
41. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
45. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
47. Type genus of the Anatidae.
49. Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea.
51. A cry of sorrow and grief.
52. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
53. A small nail.
55. Any competition.
56. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
57. Anything that serves as an enticement.
59. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
60. A shape that sags.
64. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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