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1. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
4. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
12. A small cake leavened with yeast.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
16. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
17. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
18. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
25. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
28. Jordan's port.
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
34. Any of various units of capacity.
35. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
38. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
45. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
46. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
51. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
52. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
53. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
54. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
55. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
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1. A painful sore with a hard pus-filled core.
2. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
3. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
4. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
5. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. An informal term for a father.
8. A rapid bustling commotion.
9. Offering fun and gaiety.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
15. An awkward stupid person.
19. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
20. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
23. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
24. A light touch or stroke.
26. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
32. The cry made by sheep.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. A town in southwestern Idaho.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
40. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
47. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
48. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
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