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1. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
4. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
10. A master's degree in business.
13. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
14. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. Of or relating to or involving an area.
18. Fallow deer.
19. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
20. Large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic.
21. Having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter.
23. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
26. A state in southeastern United States.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
31. A decree that prohibits something.
37. A state in New England.
38. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
45. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
46. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
49. A light touch or stroke.
53. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
54. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
56. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
58. The residue that remains when something is burned.
60. Eaten as mush or as a thin gruel.
64. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
65. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
66. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
68. The month following February and preceding April.
69. Either extremity of something that has length.
70. Genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants.
71. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. Offensively bold.
2. Type genus of the Percidae.
3. Express in speech.
4. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. (informal) Roused to anger.
7. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
9. Pierced with with a pointed weapon.
10. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
11. (informal) Very tired.
12. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
17. A primeval personification of air and breath.
22. 16 ounces.
24. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
25. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
29. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
30. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
34. In bed.
35. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
36. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
47. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
48. Lower in esteem.
50. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
51. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
52. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
55. Erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers.
57. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
59. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
61. Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government.
62. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
63. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
64. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
67. Before noon.
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