Randomly Generated Crossword(15 x 15)
Across
- 1. psychoactive substance present in marijuana
- 4. a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
- 8. an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs
- 12. a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; ____ was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil
- 13. in addition
- 14. an aromatic flavorful vegetable
- 16. the time during which someone's life continues
- 17. a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
- 18. become ground down or deteriorate
- 19. not divisible by two
- 20. being ten more than one hundred eighty
- 21. edible tuber of any of several ___s
- 23. a council consisting of permanent representatives of all the member countries of NATO; has political authority and powers of decision
- 24. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships; in 1992 he became a United States citizen (born in 1960)
- 26. make a resonant sound, like artillery
- 28. a vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives
- 30. title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey)
- 32. be agitated
- 36. a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals
- 39. father of the gods and consort of Tiamat
- 41. capital and largest city of Togo; located in the south on the Gulf of Guinea
- 42. large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
- 43. an agency focused on ensuring that the United States military attains information superiority; operates worldwide ground sites and an array of airborne reconnaissance and surveillance platforms
- 45. an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
- 46. reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring
- 48. in the recent past
- 49. a written proposal or reminder
- 50. a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Oto
- 51. a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick
- 52. the player judged to be the most important to the sport
- 54. 10 grams
- 56. a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC
- 60. very ___ in volume
- 63. 36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973)
- 65. the law enforcement and tax collection agency of the Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson
- 67. the fourth caliph of Islam who is considered to be the first caliph by Shiites; he was a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad; after his assassination Islam was divided into Shiite and Sunnite sects
- 68. a yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name _____) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour
- 70. the villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife
- 72. separate or cause to separate abruptly
- 73. a populous province in northeastern China
- 74. a pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper
- 75. the gene that is mutated in cystic fibrosis
- 76. of a very dark black
- 77. enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness
- 78. directly or exactly; straight
Down
- 1. the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
- 2. prolific Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809)
- 3. the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord
- 4. apply ____um powder to (one's body)
- 5. the twelfth month of the civil year; the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in August and September)
- 6. the compass point midway between east and southeast
- 7. offensively curious or inquisitive
- 8. the mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament
- 9. an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community
- 10. an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal
- 11. the Dravidian language spoken by the ____ in southern India
- 12. a material effigy that is worshipped
- 15. an acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; ___rosis of intestinal tissue may follow
- 20. being five more than forty
- 22. an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
- 25. a doctor's degree in preventive medicine
- 27. the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines
- 29. an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
- 30. a native or inhabitant of Asia
- 31. a strong current of air
- 33. release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities
- 34. (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an ____ is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide
- 35. (trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models
- 36. a member of the largest ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria
- 37. king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035)
- 38. a Japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground
- 40. a terrorist group of limited popularity formed in 1967 after the Six-Day War; combined Marxist-Leninist ideology with Palestinian nationalism; used terrorism to gain attention for their cause; hoped to eliminate the state of Israel
- 44. a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
- 47. the central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 ___eral Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies
- 49. a widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow
- 51. a smart bomb that seeks the laser light reflected off of the target and uses it to correct its descent
- 53. 30 to 300 megahertz
- 55. United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942)
- 57. a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II
- 58. (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions
- 59. 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
- 60. the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization
- 61. a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below
- 62. English sociologist and economist and a central member of the Fabian Society (1859-1947)
- 64. shift from one side of the ship to the other
- 65. a city in northern India; former capital of the Mogul empire; site of the Taj Mahal
- 66. a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
- 69. (used as a combining form) recent or new
- 71. cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
- 72. an honorary degree in science