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1. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
13. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
14. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
15. English monk and scholar (672-735).
16. (Babylonian) The sky god.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
19. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
23. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
29. Found along western Atlantic coast.
31. Not out.
32. A state in northwestern North America.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
39. Jordan's port.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
45. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
48. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
50. God of the underworld.
51. An associate degree in applied science.
52. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
53. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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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. Top part of an apron.
5. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
6. A slight amount or degree of difference.
7. Jordan's port.
8. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
9. Long and thin and often limp.
10. Largest known toad species.
18. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
20. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
24. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. A form of address for a man.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. (especially of promises or contracts) Having been violated or disregarded.
33. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
35. Type genus of the Gavidae.
36. Cause to be embarrassed.
38. Common Indian weaverbird.
39. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
40. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
41. A public promotion of some product or service.
43. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
46. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
49. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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