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1. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
4. An abrupt failure of function or health.
12. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. The language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life.
17. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
18. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
19. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
20. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. An elaborate song for solo voice.
26. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
27. A soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light.
30. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
32. A woman poet.
35. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
39. (military) Signal to wake up.
41. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
42. The sixth month of the civil year.
43. A Hindu theistic philosophy.
46. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot.
47. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
49. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
51. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
52. Make improvements or corrections to.
55. A Hindu prince or king in India.
57. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
58. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
61. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
63. An honorary degree in science.
65. Lacking excess flesh.
68. A person whose head is bald.
71. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
72. Elevated open grassland in southern Africa.
75. Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers.
76. One million periods per second.
78. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
79. The longest division of geological time.
80. Sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels.
83. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
84. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
85. United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925).
86. Consistent with fact or reality.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
5. In an offensive and hateful manner.
6. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).
7. Of or relating to or affecting a lobe.
8. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
9. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
10. A white trivalent metallic element.
11. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
12. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
13. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
14. A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers.
21. Reduce the level of land, as by erosion.
23. Located farther aft.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
29. The capital and largest city of Norway.
31. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
33. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
34. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
36. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
37. Firmly fastened or secured against opening.
38. A former province of northern France near the English Channel (between Picardy and Flanders).
40. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
44. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
45. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
48. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
50. The cry made by sheep.
53. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
54. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
60. An insane person.
62. Convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid.
64. A small rounded gland-like structure.
66. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
67. (Norse mythology) The chief race of gods living at Asgard.
69. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
70. Heal or recover.
73. A Loloish language.
74. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
77. An accountant certified by the state.
81. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
82. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
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