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1. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
4. The lower jawbone in vertebrates.
8. A flexible container with a single opening.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
15. Neither warm or very cold.
16. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
17. A cruel and brutal fellow.
19. Lower in esteem.
21. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
24. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
27. A shape that sags.
28. Extremely pleasing.
31. Common Indian weaverbird.
33. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
35. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
43. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
48. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
49. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
50. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
51. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
52. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
53. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
54. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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1. An opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker.
2. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943).
5. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
6. An international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade.
7. Of a pale purple color.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. By bad luck.
10. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
18. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
20. Minor or subordinate.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
30. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
38. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
39. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
44. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
45. A local computer network for communication between computers.
46. How long something has existed.
47. An informal term for a father.
48. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
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