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1. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
4. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
9. A small constellation near the South Pole between Tucana and Ara.
13. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
14. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
15. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
16. The act of scanning.
18. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
19. Type genus of the Ranidae.
20. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
22. Sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders.
24. An associate degree in nursing.
25. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
26. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
29. A semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum.
33. Wearing or provided with clothing.
35. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
38. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. God of wealth and love.
45. Stain (furniture) black to make it look like ebony.
47. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
50. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
51. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
54. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
56. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
60. A large fleet.
63. Fiddler crabs.
64. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
67. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
68. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
69. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
70. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
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1. An oil port in southern Iraq.
2. Wood of a pecan tree.
3. A fraudulent business scheme.
4. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
5. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
6. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
7. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
8. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
9. A person who is rejected (from society or home).
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
11. Flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water.
12. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
17. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
21. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
23. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
27. God of death.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. United States baseball player (born 1925).
31. A master's degree in library science.
32. 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.
34. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
36. (informal) Of the highest quality.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
42. The brother of your father or mother.
44. Offering fun and gaiety.
46. A Russian river.
48. Jordan's port.
49. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
52. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
53. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
55. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
57. Chief port of Yemen.
58. Being precisely fitting and right.
59. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
61. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
62. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
65. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
66. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
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