Crossword Puzzle Number 446 (Large Grid)

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1. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
4. The highest level or degree attainable.
8. The food served and eaten at one time.
12. God of love and erotic desire.
16. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
17. United States pathologist who discovered viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970).
18. Beyond what is natural.
19. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
20. The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.
22. A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea.
23. (of persons) Neat and smart in appearance.
24. Common genus of marine bubble shells of the Pacific coast of North America.
26. A Russian river.
27. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
29. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
30. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
32. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
33. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
35. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
37. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
40. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
41. Before noon.
43. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
44. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
45. A state in northwestern North America.
46. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse.
47. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
52. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
53. A state in New England.
55. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
56. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
58. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
59. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
61. Meat from a domestic hog or pig.
65. Toxic to the organs of hearing or balance or to the auditory nerve.
67. An informal term for a father.
68. Expel, as of gases and odors.
69. (trademark) A type of inflatable air mattress.
70. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
72. A quantity of no importance.
73. Cause to feel resentment or indignation.
75. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
79. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
80. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
82. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
84. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
85. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
88. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
91. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
95. American novelist (1909-1955).
97. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
98. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
99. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
103. The compass point that is one point north of due west.
104. An accidental happening.
105. Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell.
106. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
107. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.

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1. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
2. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
3. A tooth having two cusps or points.
4. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
5. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
6. In ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne.
7. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
8. Essential equal to suborder Myomorpha with the Dipodidae excluded.
9. Render capable or able for some task.
10. (informal) Of the highest quality.
11. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
12. The capital and largest city of Nepal.
13. Wear away.
14. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978).
15. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
21. Someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities.
25. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
28. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
31. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
34. Taken before a meal as an appetizer.
36. Covered with beads of liquid.
38. Freetail bats.
39. Of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton.
42. Admission to a group (especially a college or university).
48. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
51. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
54. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
57. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
60. A game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes.
62. Any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical.
63. A public promotion of some product or service.
64. Of or relating to or like or in the manner of the Roman Seneca.
66. Tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads.
71. Most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied.
72. Essential equal to suborder Myomorpha with the Dipodidae excluded.
74. Tag the base runner to get him out.
76. The cry made by sheep.
77. Small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants.
78. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
81. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
83. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
86. A city in northern India.
87. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
89. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
90. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
92. Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail.
93. A French abbot.
94. Made by polymerizing butadiene.
96. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
100. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
101. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
102. A doctor's degree in optometry.

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