Crossword Puzzle Number 1914 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
4. A city in southwestern California east of Los Angeles.
12. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
16. Covered with or as if with a glossy and usually brightly colored coating.
17. An associate degree in applied science.
18. Any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red.
20. 1/10 gram.
22. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
23. Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896).
25. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
26. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
27. Come into existence.
28. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
31. A married German woman.
35. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
38. A journey or route all the way around a particular place or area.
39. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
43. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
44. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
47. Being nine more than forty.
48. Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century).
50. An organism especially a bacterium that requires air or free oxygen for life.
51. A tract of land used for burials.
53. (superlative of `near' or `nigh') Most near.
55. In accordance with nature.
56. The act of adding a tinge of color.
59. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
60. A United States bandmaster and composer of military marches (1854-1932).
62. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
64. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
68. Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming.
70. A loud resonant repeating noise.
72. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
73. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
74. remove from customary environment or associations.
76. A master's degree in business.
77. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
78. The anterior tip of the parietal bone.
79. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.

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1. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
2. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
5. Black tropical American cuckoo.
6. A Finnish steam bath.
7. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
8. A Mid-Atlantic state.
9. Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son.
10. A loose dressing gown for women.
11. A public promotion of some product or service.
12. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
13. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.
14. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
19. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
21. The act of taking something from someone unlawfully.
24. A wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip.
29. Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice.
33. The first light of day.
34. The bivalent radical UO2 which forms salts with acids.
36. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
37. Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200).
40. Someone who grows and deals in flowers.
41. Highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace).
42. The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.
45. Presence of abnormally large amounts of uric acid in the urine.
46. Trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae.
49. A short composition for a solo instrument.
52. A battle in 1800 in which the French under Napoleon Bonaparte won a great victory over the Austrians.
54. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
57. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
58. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
61. Anise-flavored Greek liquor.
63. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
65. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
66. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
67. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
69. Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses.
71. (British) Informal term for information.
75. The fifth day of the week.

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