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1. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
4. Serving as an essential component.
10. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A social unit living together.
15. (informal) A witty amusing person who makes jokes.
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
17. Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares.
19. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
21. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
23. Any expected deliverer.
25. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
32. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
34. 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.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
40. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
41. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
42. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. Singing jazz.
48. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
52. Brittle flat bread eaten at Passover.
56. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
57. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
58. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy.
59. (British slang) Cafe.
62. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
63. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
64. Improved or corrected by critical editing.
66. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
67. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
68. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Cry plaintively.
2. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
5. Assign a new name to.
6. Complacently or inanely foolish.
7. Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made.
8. How long something has existed.
9. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
10. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
11. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
12. Advanced in years.
18. (informal) Exceptionally good.
20. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
22. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
24. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
26. The sixth month of the civil year.
27. Colloquial British abbreviation.
30. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
31. (informal) Of the highest quality.
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. A humorous anecdote or remark.
38. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani.
39. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
47. Make less active or intense.
49. British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956).
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
53. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
54. Be teeming, be abuzz.
55. An endorsement.
60. 100 fen equal 1 yuan.
61. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
65. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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