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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. Rounded like an egg.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
11. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
12. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
13. A doctor's degree in education.
14. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
15. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
16. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
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.
22. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
24. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
25. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight.
26. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
29. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
33. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
36. Cause to feel resentment or indignation.
38. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
41. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
42. Extremely pleasing.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely.
45. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
46. An informal term for a father.
47. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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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. Not divisible by two.
5. A choice or delicious dish.
6. The sign language used in the United States.
7. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
8. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
9. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
10. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
18. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
19. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
21. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
23. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
30. United States baseball player (born 1925).
31. Declare invalid.
32. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
34. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
35. A French abbot.
37. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
39. An informal term for a father.
40. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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