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1. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
4. Highly excited.
8. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
13. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
14. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
15. In bed.
16. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
24. 35th President of the United States.
25. The cry made by sheep.
28. A licensed medical practitioner.
29. The capital of Croatia.
30. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
33. An enclosed space.
37. Excessively fat.
40. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
43. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
44. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
45. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
46. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
47. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
48. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
5. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
6. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
7. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
8. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
9. Loose or flaccid body fat.
10. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. Lower in esteem.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
31. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
32. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
34. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
35. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
36. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
38. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
42. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
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