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1. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
4. An early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica.
12. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
15. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
16. Be about.
17. A rapid bustling commotion.
18. (plural) Rare collector's items.
20. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
22. The middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states.
23. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
25. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
26. By accident.
27. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
29. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
32. The god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami.
36. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
41. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
42. Fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America.
43. Black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine.
45. (informal) Of the highest quality.
46. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
49. Jordan's port.
50. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
52. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
53. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
54. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
58. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
59. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
64. United States writer of satirical novels (1879-1958).
68. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
70. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure.
71. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
73. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
75. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
76. A trivial lie.
77. A tactic used to mislead or delay.
79. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
80. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
81. Arrange in tabular form.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A job in an organization.
2. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
3. An elongated leather strip (or or strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position.
4. Abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. Pile of waste matter from coal mining etc.
7. Being nine more than forty.
8. A city in east-central France on the Rhone River.
9. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
10. A calcium blocker (trade name Cardizem) used in treating hypertension or angina or heart failure.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. The sixth month of the civil year.
14. Used of physical coldness.
19. Make lighter or brighter.
21. The act of scanning.
24. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
30. A city in Veneto.
31. Divulge information or secrets.
33. State in northeastern India.
34. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
35. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
37. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
38. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
39. Pale gray.
40. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
44. A vehicle resembling a bicycle but having skis instead of wheels.
47. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
48. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals.
51. To fix or set securely or deeply.
55. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
56. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
57. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
60. An active and efficient cause.
61. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
65. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
66. A small cake leavened with yeast.
67. A database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics).
69. Hang loosely or laxly.
72. Tag the base runner to get him out.
74. How long something has existed.
78. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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