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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 epithelial tissue of the endometrium.
11. Reflecting gloom.
15. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
16. Providing enjoyment.
17. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. A heavy creamy-colored paper resembling parchment.
20. To fix or set securely or deeply.
21. An account of the author's personal experiences.
23. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
25. A French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750).
26. The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros.
27. The vein in the center of a leaf.
28. Give pleasure to.
31. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
32. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
36. The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses).
38. A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia).
40. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
41. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
44. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
45. Gone by.
48. A radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium.
49. Anything that provides inspiration for later work.
52. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
54. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
55. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
57. A jamb for a door.
60. A bachelor's degree in religion.
61. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
62. Leave a camp.
67. Having a woven pattern.
71. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
72. Having a bulb.
75. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
76. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
77. The quality of being alien.
79. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
80. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
81. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
2. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
3. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
4. Genus of Australasian shrubs and subshrubs having small yellow or purple flowers followed by short triangular pods.
5. Coming into existence.
6. A passage with access only at one end.
7. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
8. A diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension.
9. (of a bed) Not having the sheets and blankets set in order.
10. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
11. Large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks.
12. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
13. Antibacterial agent (trade names Mandelamine and Urex) that is contained in many products that are used to treat urinary infections.
14. A manner of performance.
22. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
24. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
29. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
30. A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.
33. Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top.
34. Special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc..
35. Filaments from a cobweb.
37. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
39. Rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940).
42. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
43. Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp.
46. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
47. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
50. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
51. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
53. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
56. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
58. Not divisible by two.
59. United States neoclassical architect (1847-1909).
63. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
64. The basic unit of money in Botswana.
65. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
66. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
68. In bed.
69. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
70. God of love and erotic desire.
73. (Irish) The sea personified.
74. A light touch or stroke.
78. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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