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1. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
4. 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.
10. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
15. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
17. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
18. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
19. A small cake leavened with yeast.
21. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
23. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
25. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
27. An industrial region in the Ukraine.
30. Small lynx of North America.
34. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
35. A fraudulent business scheme.
37. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
38. (informal) Roused to anger.
41. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
43. Of or relating to Slavic languages.
45. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
46. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
49. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
53. God of fire.
56. A light touch or stroke.
57. A branch of the Tai languages.
58. The longest river of Asia.
60. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
63. A master's degree in business.
64. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
65. A person who is being chased.
67. Tag the base runner to get him out.
68. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
69. Far away from home or one's usual surroundings.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
71. A state in northwestern North America.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
5. 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).
6. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
7. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
8. Type genus of the Coerebidae.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. Among the largest bony fish.
11. Not only so, but.
12. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
20. A French abbot.
22. Extremely pleasing.
24. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
26. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
28. Using speech rather than writing.
29. A quantity of no importance.
31. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
32. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
33. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
36. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
39. Top part of an apron.
40. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
42. By bad luck.
44. Characteristic of false pride.
47. An island of central Hawaii.
48. Lower in esteem.
50. A genus of Lamnidae.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. Jordan's port.
54. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
55. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
59. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
60. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
61. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
62. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
66. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
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