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1. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
4. First in order of birth.
10. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
13. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition.
14. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
18. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
19. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
21. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
23. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
26. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
27. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
30. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
34. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
37. A small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo.
38. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
39. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
42. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
43. Lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus.
45. Trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets.
48. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
49. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
55. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
58. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
59. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
62. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
63. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
66. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
67. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
68. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
69. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. (informal) A bunch.
4. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
5. A local computer network for communication between computers.
6. The type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-inhabiting insectivorous plants.
7. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
8. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
9. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
10. Elevated open grassland in southern Africa.
11. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
12. A sudden short attack.
20. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
22. German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969).
24. A telegram sent abroad.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
29. Little known Kamarupan languages.
32. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
33. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
35. The officer below the master on a commercial ship.
36. River in eastern Asia.
40. 10 grams.
41. Steering mechanism for a vessel.
44. In bed.
46. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
47. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
51. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
52. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
53. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
54. (Greek mythology) The Muse of history.
56. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
57. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
60. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
61. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
62. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
64. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
65. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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