Randomly Generated Crossword(7 x 7)
Across
- 1. cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation
- 4. an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage
- 7. a device that transfers power from an engine (as in a tractor or other motor vehicle) to another piece of equipment (as to a pump or jackhammer)
- 8. hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta; detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test
- 9. by chance
- 11. a terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone; seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions; responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atrocities; sponsored by the president of Liberia
- 12. of or relating to the Rhine River and the lands adjacent to it
- 16. acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
- 17. an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government
- 18. a plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots
- 19. a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver
Down
- 1. surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea)
- 2. a member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico
- 3. nutmeg-yews
- 4. soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction
- 5. a protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another
- 6. system of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds
- 10. a member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century
- 12. a run that is the result of the batter's performance
- 13. an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan
- 14. a small drink
- 15. the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979