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1. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
4. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
9. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
13. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
16. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. Lower in esteem.
18. Wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh.
19. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
20. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
21. Type genus of the Pristidae.
23. English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805).
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. A house for storing ice.
28. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
29. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
31. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
32. A name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH.
33. A recording made on magnetic tape.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
45. A person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events.
46. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
47. A member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila.
49. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
50. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
54. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
55. Give pleasure to.
60. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
62. In or belonging to the air or operating (for or by means of aircraft or elevated cables) in the air.
63. Old material that is slightly reworked and used again.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. Enduring strength and energy.
67. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
69. Made of bamboo.
71. An honorary degree in science.
72. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
75. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
79. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
81. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
82. Devoid of physical sensation.
86. God of love and erotic desire.
89. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
91. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
93. British informal term.
94. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
95. To come or go into.
96. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
97. Being one more than two.
98. Either extremity of something that has length.
99. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
100. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
101. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A tight-fitting headdress.
5. Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.
6. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
7. Agreement with a statement or proposal to do something.
8. (Greek mythology) A river in Hades.
9. An institution that issues something (securities or publications or currency etc.).
10. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
11. A drawstring bag for holding money.
12. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
13. Of or relating to Passover or Easter.
14. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
15. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
22. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
24. A basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression).
26. Situated at an apex.
30. An associate degree in nursing.
34. Any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life.
35. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. Highly excited.
39. Set free as from prison or duty.
40. Winter aconite.
43. Spider monkeys.
44. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
48. Very attentive or observant.
51. An accountant certified by the state.
52. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
53. United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885).
56. A river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Neuse at Namur.
57. English essayist (1775-1834).
58. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
59. (slang) Merchandise that is shoddy or inferior.
61. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
66. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
68. Losing color.
70. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
73. Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200).
74. Treated with contempt.
76. Coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position.
77. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
78. Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..
80. Type genus of the Gavidae.
81. In operation or operational.
83. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
84. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
85. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
87. A female domestic.
88. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
90. Seed of a pea plant.
92. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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