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1. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
4. (often used with `pay') A formal expression of esteem.
12. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. (Greek mythology) The daughter of King Oedipus who disobeyed her father and was condemned to death.
17. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
18. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by.
19. Mechanical device consisting of the stationary part of a motor or generator in or around which the rotor revolves.
20. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
22. Tending to speak irritably.
24. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
25. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
26. A state in midwestern United States.
27. Weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat.
30. Before noon.
32. (informal) Of the highest quality.
33. Remove the pins from.
37. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
41. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
42. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
43. Son and successor of Francois Duvalier as President of Haiti.
47. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
50. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
51. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
52. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
53. (informal) Exceptionally good.
54. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
56. Himalayish language spoken in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal.
58. Ground snakes.
60. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
61. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
62. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
66. A cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin).
70. Above the surround or above the normal position.
72. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
73. A white powder with a pleasant taste and odor.
76. Jordan's port.
77. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
78. A purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens.
80. (British) Your grandmother.
81. A primeval personification of air and breath.
82. Make larger.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
2. The act of scanning.
3. A Nilotic language.
4. Uttering in an irritated tone.
5. Provoke someone to do something through promises or persuasion.
6. A secret store of valuables or money.
7. The entrance to a coal mine.
8. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
9. The dead body of a human being.
10. A state in east central United States.
11. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
12. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
13. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
14. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
21. A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
23. The basic unit of money in Macao.
28. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
29. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
31. An optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects.
34. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
35. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
36. A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Lupus and Ara in the Milky Way.
38. Re-establish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new.
39. A finely woven white linen.
40. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
44. The brother of your father or mother.
45. Included seven times in every 19 years.
46. A French abbot.
48. Be iridescent.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
55. A dyed fabric.
57. A port city in southwestern Iran.
59. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
63. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
67. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
68. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
69. Ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail.
71. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
75. (Irish) The sea personified.
79. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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