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1. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
4. Someone who travels by raft.
12. Any high mountain.
15. Provided with artificial light.
16. Failing to accomplish an intended result.
17. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
18. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
19. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard.
20. Of or relating to or derived from or containing boron.
22. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
24. A woman gossip.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
27. A three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides.
28. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
29. A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico.
32. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
33. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
37. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
38. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
42. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
44. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
46. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
47. Again but in a new or different way.
49. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
51. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
53. Developed or executed with care and in minute detail.
56. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
60. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
63. The face or front of a building.
68. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
70. Beaten or overcome.
72. Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency.
74. Towards the side away from the wind.
75. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
76. A black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum.
78. A human limb.
79. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
80. An active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes.
81. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
3. A plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime.
4. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. (informal) Someone whose style is out of fashion.
7. Consistent with fact or reality.
8. A support or foundation.
9. Full of or showing high-spirited merriment.
10. The eleventh month of the civil year.
11. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
12. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
13. Set down according to a plan.
14. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
21. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
23. Plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped gray and green and white warty rinds.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
31. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
34. Of or relating to alga.
35. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
36. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
41. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
43. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
45. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
48. (of disease) Capable of being transmitted by infection.
52. (botany) Especially of leaves.
54. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
55. A crisp smooth lustrous fabric.
57. The agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered.
58. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
59. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
61. A mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path.
62. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
64. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
65. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
66. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
67. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
69. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
71. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
73. A unit of pain intensity.
77. A state in midwestern United States.
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