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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 cry made by sheep.
7. A master's degree in library science.
11. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
12. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
15. Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven.
17. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
18. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
25. Type genus of the Amiidae.
26. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
27. The first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War.
28. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
31. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
35. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. Produced by a manufacturing process.
44. Seed of a pea plant.
45. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
46. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
47. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
48. God of the earth.
49. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
50. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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1. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
2. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
3. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
5. Jordan's port.
6. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
7. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
8. The month following March and preceding May.
9. A Russian river.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. Any plant of the genus Erica.
19. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
29. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
33. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
34. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
36. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
37. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
38. Not only so, but.
39. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
42. An associate degree in applied science.
43. The last (12th) month of the year.
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