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1. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
4. A light touch or stroke.
7. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
11. The residue that remains when something is burned.
12. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
15. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
17. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
22. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
26. A master's degree in fine arts.
29. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
33. Extremely pleasing.
34. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
38. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
39. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
43. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
47. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
50. (informal) Of the highest quality.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
54. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
55. South African term for `boss'.
56. Free from liquid or moisture.
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1. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
2. One thousandth of a second.
3. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
4. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
5. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
6. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
7. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
8. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
9. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
19. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. A master's degree in library science.
24. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
25. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
27. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. An associate degree in nursing.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
36. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
37. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. Be obedient to.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. A person forced to flee from home or country.
44. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
45. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
46. Imagined as in a play.
48. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
49. An associate degree in applied science.
52. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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