Crossword Puzzle Number 5029 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Informal terms for a mother.
4. A painful and involuntary muscular contraction.
9. Slightly open.
13. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. Low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage.
18. English monk and scholar (672-735).
19. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
20. A twilled woolen fabric.
22. The area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate.
25. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
27. Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-size berries.
28. Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910).
29. A bottle with a stopper.
31. Battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943).
33. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
35. A resource.
37. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
38. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
42. An informal term for a father.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. (especially of promises or contracts) Not violated or disregarded.
48. Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion.
50. The sacred city of Lamaism.
52. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
53. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
54. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
55. World's longest river (4187 miles).
56. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
57. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
59. A system of solmization using the solfa syllables.
62. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
63. Changed from a solid to a liquid state.
65. Conforming to truth.
66. A long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume.
68. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
71. (Greek mythology) The rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods.
72. North American water snakes.
74. Cause to become detached or separated.
77. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
78. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
80. Asiatic wild dog.
82. Short and fat.
86. A white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride.
89. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
92. Division of a usually pinnately divided leaf.
93. Harmed or injured or spoiled.
94. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
95. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
96. Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events.
98. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
100. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
101. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
102. Fastened with stitches.
103. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
104. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.

DOWN

1. A state of confusion and disorderliness.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
4. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
5. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
6. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
7. Detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
10. A loose cloak with a hood.
11. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
12. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
15. Imagined as in a play.
21. An unpleasant person who grabs inconsiderately.
23. Being nine more than forty.
24. United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956).
26. The cry made by sheep.
30. A piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. A soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat.
36. Of or in or relating to the nose.
39. After death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body.
40. A cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair.
41. More of the same adv.
44. Liquorice-flavored seeds or oil used in cookies or cakes or pickles.
45. Omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North and Central America.
46. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
49. A haulage contractor.
51. Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in Eastern spiritual values (1877-1962).
58. A bachelor's degree in religion.
60. Channel into a new direction.
61. Having a high price.
64. Of or relating to the ancient city of Troy or its inhabitants.
67. (of words) Formed in imitation of a natural sound.
69. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
70. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
73. A state in midwestern United States.
75. Someone who leaves one country to settle in another.
76. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
79. Having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds.
81. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
83. The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries.
84. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
85. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
87. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
88. A bluish shade of green.
90. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
91. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
97. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
99. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.

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