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1. (computer science) A unit for measuring the execution speed of computers.
5. Jordan's port.
10. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour.
13. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
14. Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923).
15. (informal) Of the highest quality.
16. A chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline.
18. South African term for `boss'.
19. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
20. Succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land.
23. Being nine more than forty.
24. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
27. An affirmative.
28. Type genus of the Juglandaceae.
32. A human limb.
35. Minor or subordinate.
36. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
37. King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975).
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
43. Having help.
45. Very dark black.
47. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
49. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
50. A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
51. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
53. An associate degree in nursing.
54. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
58. 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.
61. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
63. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
64. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
65. A port city in southwestern Iran.
68. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
69. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
70. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
71. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
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1. A Bantu language.
2. Urge or force (a person) to an action.
3. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
4. Showing signs of wear and tear.
5. The eleventh month of the civil year.
6. Ulcerated chilblain on the heel.
7. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. Divulge information or secrets.
9. An associate degree in applied science.
10. A very attractive or seductive looking woman.
11. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
12. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
17. A canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter.
21. Common gray wild goose of Europe.
22. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
25. A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
29. Fiddler crabs.
30. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
31. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
33. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
34. (computer science) A rule stating that the quality of the output is a function of the quality of the input.
38. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
39. A city in southeastern Spain.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
46. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
48. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
55. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
56. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
57. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
59. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
62. A flexible container with a single opening.
66. A public promotion of some product or service.
67. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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