Randomly Generated Crossword(15 x 15)
Across
- 1. a relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons
- 4. rub the ____ over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape
- 8. food prepared from the husks of cereal grains
- 12. type genus of the Sulidae
- 13. a singer whose voice lies in the ____ clef
- 14. any of several evergreen plants of the genus _____ having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America
- 16. succeed in obtaining a position
- 17. Celtic deity who was the father of Manawydan; corresponds to Irish Lir
- 18. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships; in 1992 he became a United States citizen (born in 1960)
- 19. the most notorious and possibly the most important arm of Iraq's security system
- 20. an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs
- 21. (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
- 23. the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma
- 24. a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas)
- 26. belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive
- 28. the compass point midway between east and southeast
- 30. the herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis; associated with specific cancers in Africa and China
- 32. affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed
- 36. interact in a certain way
- 39. United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)
- 41. being two more than forty
- 42. an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building
- 43. a center in the Department of that trains law enforcement professionals for more than seventy federal agencies
- 45. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of dadaism in Zurich; noted for abstract organic sculptures (1887-1966)
- 46. a condition requiring relief
- 48. a fraudulent business scheme
- 49. the eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May)
- 50. emit long loud cries
- 51. administer or bestow, as in small portions
- 52. a measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium
- 54. 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
- 56. the capital and largest city of Lithuania; located in southeastern Lithuania
- 60. an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection
- 63. a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a ___id is suspended in a liquid
- 65. a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans
- 67. the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- 68. a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa
- 70. an organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom
- 72. title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey)
- 73. an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq
- 74. a city in northern India; former capital of the Mogul empire; site of the Taj Mahal
- 75. a person of French descent
- 76. a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
- 77. a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
- 78. European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves
Down
- 1. flesh of _____; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
- 2. an assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes or viruses or antibodies or bacteria)
- 3. a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters
- 4. herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves
- 5. (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis; son of Sif and stepson of Thor
- 6. an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- 7. a unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere; named after ____icelli
- 8. a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members
- 9. (French) a street or road in France
- 10. an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
- 11. the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data
- 12. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- 15. angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- 20. (in India) a unit of length having different values in different localities
- 22. the month following October and preceding December
- 25. French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815)
- 27. Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
- 29. 30 to 300 gigahertz
- 30. an exclusive group of people
- 31. beets
- 33. a preset plan of action in team sports
- 34. a genus of Mustelidae
- 35. a clandestine group of leftist extremists who oppose Italy's labor policies and foreign policy; responsible for bombing building in the historic center of Rome from 2000 to 2002
- 36. refuse to grant, as of a petition or request
- 37. evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits
- 38. cheese containing a blue mold
- 40. in addition
- 44. (cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin
- 47. a doctor's degree in preventive medicine
- 49. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- 51. of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in ___s and Thailand
- 53. irregularity of cardiac rhythm; recurrent occurrences can be a precursor of ventricular fibrillation
- 55. take the place of
- 57. allowed by official rules
- 58. a Hebrew minor prophet of the 7th century BC
- 59. using speech rather than writing
- 60. (law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporation
- 61. add an enlivening or altering element to
- 62. in or of the present month
- 64. evidence pointing to a possible solution
- 65. something sentimental or trite
- 66. artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
- 69. utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
- 71. sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia)
- 72. gone by; or in the past