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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. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
8. Not reflecting light.
11. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
12. In bed.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
15. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
16. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
23. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
24. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
28. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
29. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
31. Jordan's port.
35. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
38. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
46. South African term for `boss'.
47. A local computer network for communication between computers.
48. God of the earth.
49. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
50. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
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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. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
7. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
22. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. Of or relating to or characteristic of Denmark or the Danes.
32. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
33. Of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the N Malay Peninsula and parts of the W Malay Archipelago.
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.
39. Not agitated.
42. An associate degree in applied science.
43. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
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