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1. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
4. God of fire.
8. A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
12. No longer in your possession or control.
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
17. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
18. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
19. The capital of Western Samoa.
20. A warning against certain acts.
22. United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981).
24. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
25. An informal conversation.
26. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
27. A beta-adrenergic blocking agent (trade name Corgard) that is used to treat hypertension and angina.
30. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
32. Leader of Black Muslims who campaigned for independence for Black Americans (1897-1975).
34. Used of a single unit or thing.
36. Notable English cricketer (1882-1963).
40. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
42. (British) Your grandmother.
43. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
45. A republic in western South America.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
50. Characteristic of false pride.
51. A family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales.
55. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
56. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
58. Highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried.
61. Light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity).
63. European herb resembling vetch.
64. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
65. Make oneself subject to.
66. The face of a timepiece.
68. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
69. Being of the age 13 through 19.
71. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
74. Look at with amorous intentions.
76. An artist of consummate skill.
78. Muslim name for God.
83. A program for a race meeting.
86. A mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys.
88. Greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount.
89. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
90. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
91. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
94. A man who courts a woman.
96. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
97. The longest division of geological time.
98. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
99. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
100. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
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1. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
2. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
3. A member of the Dravidian people living in southern India.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
6. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
7. Without compunction or human feeling.
8. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
9. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
10. American physicist who contributed to the theory of the interaction of photons and electrons (1918-1988).
11. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
12. The levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa).
13. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
14. A cylindrical tower used for storing silage.
15. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
21. A student enrolled in (or graduated from) Eton College.
23. Lie adjacent to another.
28. Before noon.
29. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
31. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
33. The academic world.
35. Fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground.
37. Cut the head of.
38. Pertaining to or resembling or functioning as a bract.
39. Translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program.
41. Align anew or better.
44. How long something has existed.
47. United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914).
48. Spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods.
52. In some classifications considered a genus of subfamily Melinae.
53. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Columba and Eridanus.
54. A resource.
57. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
59. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
60. The largest of the Balearic Islands.
62. A professional killer who uses a gun.
67. German chemist noted for his synthesis of hemin (1881-1945).
70. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
72. Tastelessly showy.
73. An association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members.
75. Compelled forcibly by an outside agency.
76. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
77. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
79. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
80. A field of cultivated and mowed grass.
81. Socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear as hosiery).
82. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
84. Avatar of Vishnu.
85. A doctor's degree in music.
87. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
92. A public promotion of some product or service.
93. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
94. A public promotion of some product or service.
95. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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