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1. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
4. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
7. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. (Irish) The sea personified.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
15. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
16. The highest level or degree attainable.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
24. The cry made by sheep.
27. Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air.
30. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
31. The amount a salary is increased.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. A state in midwestern United States.
35. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. A flexible container with a single opening.
48. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. Towards the side away from the wind.
51. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
53. An informal term for a father.
54. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
55. The basic unit of money in Iran.
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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 user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
5. Expose to fresh air, as of old clothing.
6. (informal) Exceptionally good.
7. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
8. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
9. Avatar of Vishnu.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
25. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
26. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
28. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
29. Being one more than fifty.
32. The southern part of the ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah.
36. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
37. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
38. Of or relating to or involving an area.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. 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.
45. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
46. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
47. The month following March and preceding May.
52. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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