Randomly Generated Crossword(9 x 9)
Across
- 1. an Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group; now the largest and most active armed terrorist group in Algeria that seeks to overthrow the government; a major source of support and recruitment for al-Qaeda operations in Europe and northern Africa
- 5. sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce
- 8. the Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of ____ and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis
- 9. knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
- 11. nor relaxed
- 13. organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
- 14. display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
- 17. the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
- 18. type genus of the family _________ceae: perennial brown kelps
- 22. a genus of Strigidae
- 23. a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
- 24. an independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service
- 25. cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible
Down
- 1. large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
- 2. a male human offspring
- 3. a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
- 4. a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia
- 5. a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity
- 6. crossbill
- 7. a city in northern Italy (northwest of Venice) on the River Adige; the site of the Council of _____
- 10. provide with an ____
- 12. a high-quality paper made of _____ fibers or with a _____ finish
- 14. the capital and largest city of Norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast
- 15. an area that includes places where several people can sit
- 16. a genus of tuberous vines of the family Dioscoreaceae; has twining stems and heart-shaped leaves and axillary racemes
- 19. place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue
- 20. a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government
- 21. express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'