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1. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
4. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
10. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
13. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
14. Small space in a tissue or part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. Water frozen in the solid state.
17. The striking of one body against another.
18. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
19. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
21. A permanent council of the United Nations.
23. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
24. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
26. Any high mountain.
27. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
29. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
31. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
33. United States astronomer (1835-1909).
37. Capital and largest city of Indonesia.
40. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
41. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
42. A port in southwestern Scotland.
49. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
51. Rich in significance or implication.
55. Big-eyed scad.
57. The cry made by sheep.
58. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
60. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
61. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
62. Jordan's port.
63. Of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color.
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1. (microbiology) An infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid.
2. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
3. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
4. Alligator-like reptile of Central and South America having a more heavily armored belly.
5. A human limb.
6. 100 lepta equal 1 drachma.
7. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
8. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
9. Erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds.
10. Holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object.
11. The superior of an abbey of monks.
12. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
20. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
22. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
25. A metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables.
28. Noisy talk.
30. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
32. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
34. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
35. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
36. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
38. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
39. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
43. A member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon.
44. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
45. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat.
46. The sacred city of Lamaism.
47. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. The food served and eaten at one time.
52. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
53. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
54. A quantity that is added.
56. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
59. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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