Across
- 1. The maximum data transfer rate of a network path.
- 4. The junction between two nerve cells where impulses pass.
- 7. The action of directly causing something to happen.
- 8. The quality of being logically or factually sound.
- 9. A standard or point of reference for comparison.
- 11. Speaking one's thoughts aloud when alone on stage.
- 12. An extensive chain or group of scattered islands.
- 13. To rise and fall irregularly in number or amount.
- 14. A raw material or agricultural product that can be traded.
- 16. The mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding.
- 18. Seeking to promote human welfare and relieve suffering.
- 19. Chemical processes occurring within a living organism to sustain life.
- 20. A stream or river flowing into a larger main river.
- 22. To make a system or code run as efficiently as possible.
- 23. Insertion of essential background information in a story.
- 26. To make an exact copy of or repeat an experiment.
- 27. A self-contradictory statement that may reveal a truth.
- 28. Relating to money or the official currency of a nation.
- 29. Something that deviates from what is standard or expected.
Down
- 2. A regulatory chemical produced in an organism to stimulate cells.
- 3. To illustrate by serving as a typical example of.
- 5. A period of temporary economic decline across a market.
- 6. A system of ideas forming the basis of economic policy.
- 7. Measures taken to protect systems against digital attacks.
- 10. An indirect reference to a famous person, place, or text.
- 15. Possessing supreme or ultimate political power.
- 17. Basic physical and organizational structures of a facility.
- 21. The arrangement of physical natural features on land.
- 24. Done consciously and intentionally after thought.
- 25. The art of managing international relations and negotiation.