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1. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
4. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
12. A partially opened flower.
15. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
16. A colorless poisonous gas.
17. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
18. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
20. Wild goose having white adult plumage.
21. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
23. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
25. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
27. Not easy.
28. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
30. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
31. A message received and understood that reduces the recipient's uncertainty.
35. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
39. A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity.
43. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
44. Repetition or recapitulation in reverse order.
45. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
47. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
48. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
50. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
53. A city in northwestern Syria.
56. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
57. Fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
65. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy.
72. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
74. A slight amount or degree of difference.
75. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
76. (of movement) At an angle.
78. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
79. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
80. Farther along in physical or mental development.
81. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A thrusting blow with a knife.
4. After noon.
5. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
6. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
7. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
8. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
9. Not out.
10. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
11. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
12. A small cake leavened with yeast.
13. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
14. A notable achievement.
19. Large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles.
22. God of wealth and love.
24. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
26. Cause to feel resentment or indignation.
29. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
32. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture.
33. A priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome.
34. One million periods per second.
36. A large fleet.
37. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
38. A republic on the Isthmus of Panama.
40. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
41. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
42. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
46. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
51. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
52. Italian operatic composer (1813-1901).
54. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
55. An accountant certified by the state.
58. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
59. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
60. A clergyman or other person in religious orders.
61. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
64. Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed.
66. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
67. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
68. The first light of day.
69. Make an etching of.
70. A Hindu prince or king in India.
71. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. The eleventh month of the civil year.
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