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1. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
9. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
13. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. A boy or man.
17. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
18. Marked by the reception of pay.
19. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
20. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
22. The activity of persuading someone to buy.
24. One million periods per second.
26. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
27. Low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea.
29. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
30. Of or pertaining to the Avesta (sacred text of Zoroastrianism).
31. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
33. A white trivalent metallic element.
35. (prefix) Within.
37. Understood in a certain way.
40. The West AFrican language of the Wolof people in Senegal.
43. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
45. A Russian river.
46. An informal term for a father.
47. (zoology) Relating to frogs and toads.
48. Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910).
49. Small songbirds resembling larks.
51. A fine strong sheer silky fabric made of silk or rayon or nylon.
54. Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992).
55. A native American tent.
56. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
59. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
60. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
61. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
64. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
66. Testacean rhizopods.
71. A city in northern India.
72. Enchanter's nightshade.
74. Pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit.
76. Conforming to truth.
78. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
79. A person who gives a name or names.
81. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
82. A large fleet.
85. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
87. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
91. By bad luck.
92. Elder brother of Krishna.
95. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
96. The act of losing.
97. A statute in draft before it becomes law.
98. Type genus of the Majidae.
100. One millionth of a gram.
101. (prefix) Within.
102. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
103. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
104. The residue that remains when something is burned.
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1. Take by theft.
2. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
3. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
4. Any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO-.
5. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
6. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
7. Temporarily inactive.
8. Any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise.
9. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
10. A genus of Lamnidae.
11. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
12. A public promotion of some product or service.
13. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
14. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
15. American novelist (1909-1955).
21. A city in northwestern Russia on the Volkhov River.
23. A long-playing phonograph record.
25. One million bits.
28. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
32. On, to, or at the top.
34. Relating to or resembling a cone.
36. An island in Antigua and Barbuda.
38. Repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc..
39. Of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country.
41. Of or relating to or associated with the moon.
42. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
44. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
50. (Russian) Small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried.
52. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
53. The eleventh month of the civil year.
57. A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers.
58. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
62. A great raja.
63. Arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks.
65. Prolific and influential Spanish artist who lived in France (1881-1973).
66. Any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO-.
67. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
68. 100 tambala equal 1 Kwacha.
69. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
70. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
73. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
75. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
77. (trademark) An acrylic fiber or the lightweight crease-resistant fabric made with Orlon yarns.
78. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
80. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
83. A vertical spar for supporting sails.
84. A French abbot.
86. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
87. A public promotion of some product or service.
88. Fallow deer.
89. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
90. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar.
93. A resource.
94. An honorary law degree.
99. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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