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1. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
4. Small turnover of Indian origin filled with vegetables or meat and fried and served hot.
10. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
13. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
14. Attach a yoke or harness to, as of a draft animal.
15. A local computer network for communication between computers.
16. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
18. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
19. (British) Your grandmother.
20. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
21. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
23. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
26. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
27. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
30. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
31. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
35. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
36. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
38. Being one more than two.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. A Scottish word.
41. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
44. Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin.
46. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
55. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
59. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
61. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
62. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
63. Jordan's port.
64. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
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1. A major god.
2. Flat tableland with steep edges.
3. A branch of the Tai languages.
4. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high).
5. An associate degree in nursing.
6. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
7. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
9. Squash bugs.
10. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
11. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
12. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
17. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
22. Basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle.
24. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
25. English essayist (1775-1834).
28. The capital of Western Samoa.
29. The habitation of wild animals.
32. A slight indication.
33. Steering mechanism for a vessel.
34. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
37. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
42. In bed.
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
45. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
47. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
48. A boy or man.
49. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
50. Uttering in an irritated tone.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
53. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
54. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
56. One-thousandth of an equivalent.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. The seventh and last day of the week.
60. Unknown god.
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