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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. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
15. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
16. Island in West Indies.
17. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
18. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
20. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
21. An ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck.
23. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
26. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
27. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
30. French impressionist painter (1841-1919).
33. A genus of Mustelidae.
34. Fallow deer.
38. A city in northwestern Turkey.
39. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
40. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
41. Ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse.
42. In bed.
45. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Lodine).
49. The products of human creativity.
50. The habitation of wild animals.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
52. Inability to make purposeful movements.
54. A public promotion of some product or service.
58. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
60. Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels.
62. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
65. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
68. An Eskimo hut.
69. Any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap.
72. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
73. A city in central Texas.
75. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
76. A three-tone Chadic language.
77. (often followed by `with') Damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes.
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
2. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
3. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
4. Any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
7. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
8. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
9. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
10. (botany) Of or relating to or functioning as a cambium.
11. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
12. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
13. God of death.
14. Divulge information or secrets.
19. Having color or a certain color.
22. Ground snakes.
24. Relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind.
25. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
28. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
29. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
31. Improved or corrected by critical editing.
32. A fine strong sheer silky fabric made of silk or rayon or nylon.
35. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
36. The capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain.
37. The sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate.
43. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
44. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
46. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
47. Being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting.
48. Distance travelled per unit time.
53. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
55. Supernatural half-man and half-bird vehicle or bearer of Vishnu.
56. A German city near Leipzig.
57. Far away from home or one's usual surroundings.
59. Of or relating to or located near a hilum.
61. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
63. A cruel wicked and inhuman person.
64. A system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region.
66. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
67. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
70. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
71. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
74. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
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