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1. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
4. A demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together.
12. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
15. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
16. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
17. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
18. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
19. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury.
20. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
21. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
23. German bacteriologist who described a disease now known as Reiter's syndrome and who identified the spirochete that causes syphilis in humans (1881-1969).
25. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
26. Small genus of Eurasian herbs.
28. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
30. A light touch or stroke.
31. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
32. South African term for `boss'.
36. English monk and scholar (672-735).
39. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
41. A telegram sent abroad.
42. A dog trained to guard a house.
45. (computer science) The movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk v 1.
46. Any high mountain.
47. A Hindu prince or king in India.
50. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
54. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
55. Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries.
57. Characteristic of false pride.
58. A very small circular shape.
59. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
60. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
62. Speaking a Slavic language.
65. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
68. (linguistics) Belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings.
72. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
74. Having leadership guidance.
76. A kind of sedan chair used in India.
77. A person's brother or sister.
78. The god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami.
81. A genus of European owls.
82. Water frozen in the solid state.
83. Without compunction or human feeling.
84. (law) Lacking any legal or binding force.
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1. Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876).
2. A city in Veneto.
3. The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form.
4. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
5. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
6. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
7. Relating to the pineal body.
8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
9. An insect or other arthropod between molts.
10. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
12. Denuded of leaves.
13. A notice of someone's death.
14. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
22. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
24. A doctor's degree in education.
27. In bed.
29. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
33. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
34. One of the three Furies.
35. A lion-headed goddess.
37. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
38. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
40. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
43. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
44. A nation in northern North America.
48. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
49. Any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads.
51. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
53. A major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea.
56. A Russian river.
61. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
63. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
64. A French abbot.
66. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
67. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
69. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
70. (aeronautical) Pertaining to the tail section of a plane.
71. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
73. Being two more than fifty.
75. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
79. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
80. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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