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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. The boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
9. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
13. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
16. Any high mountain.
17. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
18. Toward the mouth or oral region.
19. Distant but within sight.
20. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
21. Having an oblique or slanted direction.
23. A garment worn by women in ancient Greece.
25. A final climactic stage.
27. Having a sole or soles especially as specified.
28. Type genus of the Ranidae.
29. Western Mediterranean annual having deep purple-red flowers subtended by 3 large cordate bracts.
33. The basic unit of money in Russia.
35. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
38. In operation or operational.
39. The basic unit of money in Peru.
41. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
43. A magician or sorcerer of ancient times.
47. Something that resembles a pill in shape or size.
49. (informal) Of the highest quality.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. The act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat.
54. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
55. Freetail bats.
57. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
58. Small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire.
60. Very attentive or observant.
63. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
64. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
65. Genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees.
66. An island of central Hawaii.
67. The amount a salary is increased.
70. Lower in esteem.
71. A small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra.
73. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
75. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
76. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
78. 16 ounces.
80. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
83. English writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865).
90. Something lost (especially money lost at gambling).
91. A large fleet.
93. The month following March and preceding May.
94. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
95. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
97. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
98. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by.
99. (informal) Exceptionally good.
100. Avatar of Vishnu.
101. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
102. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
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1. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
2. A sudden very loud noise.
3. Great coolness and composure under strain.
4. A member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey.
5. Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches.
6. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
7. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
8. (prefix) Within.
9. Worthy of imitation.
10. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
11. An accidental happening.
12. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
13. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
14. Formerly included in genus Cedrela.
15. Take back what one has said.
22. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
24. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
26. Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars.
30. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
31. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
34. Having a single pole.
36. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
37. Very hard unsalted biscuit or bread.
40. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
42. Having or covered with hair.
44. A geographical region of northeastern South America including Guyana and Surinam.
45. Release from a clasp.
46. Produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation.
48. City in northern Austria on the Danube.
50. Devouring or craving food in great quantities.
52. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
56. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
59. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
61. Speaking a Slavic language.
62. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
68. The sport of gliding on skates.
69. Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made.
70. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
72. Someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something.
73. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
74. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
77. A lake in northwestern Russia.
79. God of wealth and love.
81. A blind god.
82. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
84. God of love and erotic desire.
85. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
86. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
87. God of death.
88. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
89. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
92. The site of an archeological exploration.
96. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
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