Crossword Puzzle Number 1990 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
12. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
16. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
17. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
18. An Eskimo hut.
19. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
20. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
21. The Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds).
23. A member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon.
24. By bad luck.
26. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
27. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
28. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
29. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.
32. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
34. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. The seventh month of the civil year.
38. Wild ginger.
42. A person to whom money is paid.
43. Old breed of tall swift keen-eyed hunting dogs resembling greyhounds.
45. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
46. A state in midwestern United States.
49. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
51. A doctor's degree in optometry.
52. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
54. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
56. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
58. A New England state.
59. A state in New England.
60. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
61. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
65. A light clear metallic sound as of a small bell.
67. United by being of the same opinion.
68. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
69. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
70. 1/10 gram.
71. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
73. Situated in or facing or moving toward the east.
74. (heraldry) An ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield.
76. A dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiatae.
80. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
81. A white trivalent metallic element.
82. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
83. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
85. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.
92. Highly excited.
96. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
99. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
100. Used of a single unit or thing.
101. Advanced in years.
102. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
104. One of the common people.
105. A doctor's degree in education.
106. An informal term for a father.
107. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
108. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

DOWN

1. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
2. Heal or recover.
3. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
4. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
5. United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878).
6. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
7. A flexible container with a single opening.
8. (statistics) Of a distribution.
9. Armor plate that protects the chest.
10. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
11. Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.
12. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
13. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
14. One of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split.
15. Desire strongly or persistently.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. Dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin.
30. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
31. To the degree or extent.
33. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
36. An imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared.
39. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
40. A Loloish language.
41. A member of the Athapaskan people living in northwestern California.
44. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
46. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
47. An adherent of Lamaism (Tibetan Buddhism).
48. A small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye.
50. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
53. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
55. Any of various devices for taking hold of objects.
57. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
62. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
63. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
64. South African term for `boss'.
66. Resembling gass.
72. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
75. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
77. An Asian temple.
78. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
79. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
84. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
86. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
87. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
88. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
89. In bed.
90. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
91. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
93. A British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters.
94. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
95. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
97. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
98. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
103. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
104. A state in New England.

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