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1. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
4. Leafless East Indian vine.
9. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
14. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
15. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
16. The activity of persuading someone to buy.
18. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
19. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
20. Secured or held in place by tape.
24. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
27. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
29. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
33. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
35. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
37. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
38. Of or relating to a creed.
41. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
42. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
48. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
49. Not necessarily inaudible but not heard.
54. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
58. Having been read.
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
63. An association of criminals.
64. Spherical gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies.
66. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
67. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
68. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
69. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
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1. A riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing).
2. Free from dirt or impurities.
3. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
4. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
5. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
6. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
7. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
8. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
9. Someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels.
10. By bad luck.
11. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
12. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
17. German physicist who studied cathode rays (1862-1947).
21. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
26. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. A bachelor's degree in religion.
30. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
31. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
32. God of love and erotic desire.
34. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
36. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
39. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
46. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
47. A projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water.
50. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
51. A Loloish language.
52. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
53. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
55. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
56. Again but in a new or different way.
57. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
60. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
61. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
65. An expression of greeting.
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