Crossword Puzzle Number 2902 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (Babylonian) The sky god.
4. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
9. The first light of day.
13. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
16. A Spanish title of respect for a gentleman or nobleman.
17. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
18. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
19. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
20. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
22. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages.
24. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
25. A unit of weight used in some parts of Asia.
26. Like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape).
29. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
31. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
32. Genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs.
34. Of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure.
35. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
37. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
38. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
40. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
45. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
46. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
49. A feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something possessed by another.
51. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
52. 10 grams.
54. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
55. A condition requiring relief.
56. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
58. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
60. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
61. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
63. Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person).
66. A city in southwestern Poland on the Oder.
69. United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885).
72. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
73. 1 species.
76. A sudden short attack.
77. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
78. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
79. The seed of the cereal grass.
81. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
87. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
90. A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
92. Of or relating to or near the coccyx.
94. Large Indian antelope.
95. A state in the eastern United States.
96. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
97. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
99. Not easy.
102. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
103. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
104. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
105. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.

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1. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
2. A water wheel with buckets attached to the rim.
3. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
4. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
5. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
6. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
7. Before noon.
8. Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire.
9. 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.
10. One of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split.
11. Mostly black African weaverbird.
12. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
13. Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity.
14. (Hinduism) An ascetic holy man.
15. A sloping mass of rocks at the base of a cliff.
21. A topical sulfonamide (trade name Sulamyd) used to treat eye infections.
23. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
27. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
28. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
30. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
33. The cry made by sheep.
36. A resource.
39. Bring to light.
41. A mountainous island in eastern Indonesia.
42. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
43. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
44. Ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC.
46. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
47. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.
48. Away from the mouth or oral region.
50. A city in Veneto on the River Adige.
53. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
57. Not final or absolute.
59. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
62. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
64. A releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body.
65. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
67. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
68. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
70. A language of Australian aborigines.
71. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc.
74. The British were besieged during the Indian Mutiny (1857).
75. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
80. An affirmative.
82. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
83. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
84. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
85. (trademark) An alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
86. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
88. An enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial.
89. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
91. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
92. Not out.
93. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
98. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
100. A doctor's degree in religion.
101. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.

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