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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. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
8. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
11. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
12. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
13. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
14. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
15. A narrow way or road.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
21. Offering fun and gaiety.
24. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
29. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
30. A state in northwestern North America.
31. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
34. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
42. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
44. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
47. The cry made by sheep.
48. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
49. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
50. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
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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. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
5. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
6. A high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line.
7. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
10. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
18. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
20. A bachelor's degree in religion.
22. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
23. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
25. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
26. Informal terms for a mother.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
32. A radioactive transuranic element.
33. Extremely pleasing.
35. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
36. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. The face of a timepiece.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
45. An informal term for a father.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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