Crossword Puzzle Number 408 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
4. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity.
9. The eighth month of the civil year.
13. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
16. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
17. An impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony.
18. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
19. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
22. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
23. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
24. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
26. A rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
31. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
32. A native or inhabitant of Scotland.
36. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
38. All the plant life in a particular region.
41. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
46. COmmon Business Oriented Language.
47. A secret look.
48. A short moral story (often with animal characters).
51. (Old Testament) The first king of the Israelites who defended Israel against many enemies (especially the Philistines).
52. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
54. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
55. A state in New England.
56. A loud harsh or strident noise.
58. Archaic name for England or Great Britain.
59. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
61. A great sacrifice.
62. The act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression.
63. Dig up for reburial or for medical investigation.
64. Air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine.
67. Being two more than fifty.
68. Late-spring-blooming rhododendron of eastern North America having rosy to pink-purple flowers.
70. A histamine blocker and antacid (trade name Zantac) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux.
73. An ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation.
76. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
78. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
79. The largest Chilean island and the only one to be settled.
82. Lower in esteem.
86. An abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped.
89. Relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator).
91. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
92. A sizeable hole (usually in the ground).
93. A large quantity of written matter.
95. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
97. (informal) Of the highest quality.
98. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
99. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
100. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.

DOWN

1. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. A city in northern India.
4. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
5. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
6. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
7. Indicating the most important performer or role.
8. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
9. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
10. A sharply directional antenna.
11. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
12. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
13. One of the three prairie provinces in central Canada.
14. In the Roman calendar.
15. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
25. A mixer incorporating a coil of wires.
27. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
28. So great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe.
33. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
34. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
35. Spiced hot milk with rum or wine.
37. Of or relating to or containing iron.
39. A Balkan republic in southeastern Europe.
40. Characterized by or caused by allergy.
42. (physiology) Without volition or conscious control.
43. Cause to become detached or separated.
44. A Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands.
45. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
49. A board with the alphabet on it.
50. The longest river of Asia.
53. Tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage.
57. French writer best known for his biographies (1885-1967).
60. Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold.
65. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
66. (Greek mythology) One of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead.
67. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
69. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. A small lump or protuberance.
74. Ludicrously odd.
75. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
77. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
78. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by.
80. A set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents.
81. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
83. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
84. A branch of the Tai languages.
85. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
87. Irritate or vex.
88. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
90. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
94. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
96. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.

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