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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. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
10. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
13. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
14. (zoology) Pertaining to alulae.
15. An accountant certified by the state.
16. A decree that prohibits something.
17. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
19. The superior of a group of nuns.
22. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
23. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
24. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
28. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
34. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
36. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
37. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
39. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
41. The face or front of a building.
42. A licensed medical practitioner.
43. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
45. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
46. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
47. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
50. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
52. Waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls.
55. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
59. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
60. Type genus of the Vespidae.
63. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
64. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
65. Make certain of.
67. Black tropical American cuckoo.
68. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
69. Very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches.
70. A doctor's degree in education.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. Divulge information or secrets.
3. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
4. South African term for `boss'.
5. By bad luck.
6. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
7. A solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides).
8. A local computer network for communication between computers.
9. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
11. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
12. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
18. Wildly disordered.
20. English essayist (1775-1834).
21. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
25. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
26. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
27. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
29. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
30. An informal term for a father.
31. One thousandth of a second.
35. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
38. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
40. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
41. A solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides).
42. In bed.
44. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
48. Czech dramatist and statesman whose plays opposed totalitarianism and who served as president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and president of the Czech Republic since 1993 (born in 1936).
49. A particular environment or walk of life.
51. The cry made by sheep.
53. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
54. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
56. Wearing or provided with clothing.
57. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
58. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
61. A humorous play on words.
62. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
66. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
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