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1. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
4. An immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ.
10. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals.
13. An electrically charged particle.
14. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
15. A column of light (as from a beacon).
16. (informal) Roused to anger.
17. Not straightforward or candid.
18. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
19. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
21. Make lighter or brighter.
23. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
25. A nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens.
26. Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992).
28. Wife of Balder.
29. A person forced to flee from home or country.
30. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
32. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
36. A Mid-Atlantic state.
39. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
40. A fraudulent business scheme.
43. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
46. An informal term for a father.
49. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
51. A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan.
53. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
57. Slanderous defamation.
60. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
61. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
62. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
64. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
65. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
66. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
67. An associate degree in applied science.
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1. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce).
2. A deep prolonged loud noise.
3. Make attractive or lovable.
4. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
5. The month following February and preceding April.
6. Innumerable but many.
7. The airforce of Great Britain.
8. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
9. A narcotic antagonist (trade name Nalline) that counteracts the effects of narcotics (especially the effects of poisoning by morphine).
10. Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939).
11. Ragout of game in a rich sauce.
12. (Greek mythology) The god of marriage.
20. An event (or course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future.
22. Weight to be borne or conveyed.
24. Tag the base runner to get him out.
27. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
33. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
34. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. Half the width of an em.
38. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
41. A number that is added to another number (the augend).
42. Type genus of the Majidae.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
47. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
48. A state in northwestern North America.
50. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
52. Type genus of the Amiidae.
53. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
54. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
55. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
56. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
58. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
63. Informal terms for a mother.
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