Randomly Generated Crossword(15 x 15)
Across
- 1. informal abbreviation of `representative'
- 4. an important port of Yemen; located on the Gulf of ____; its strategic location has made it a major trading center of southern Arabia since ancient times
- 8. make ____hronous and adjust in time or manner
- 12. your intention; what you intend to do
- 13. of or relating to ____land
- 14. the longest French river; rises in the Massif Central and flows north and west to the Atlantic Ocean
- 16. single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase
- 17. an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens
- 18. the beginning or early stages
- 19. an informal debt instrument; representing `I owe you'
- 20. the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines
- 21. the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet
- 23. the ground and air and naval forces of Israel
- 24. 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
- 26. a poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
- 28. a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner
- 30. apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
- 32. private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance
- 36. a young salmon up to 2 years old
- 39. a city in the Asian part of Russia
- 41. state of violent mental agitation
- 42. fringe-toed lizard
- 43. fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples
- 45. a title used before the name of knight or baronet
- 46. United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)
- 48. United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844)
- 49. relinquish possession or control over
- 50. (in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children
- 51. 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)
- 52. the compass point that is one point south of due west
- 54. a rink with a floor of ___ for ___ hockey or ___ skating
- 56. oil products that remain after petroleum has been distilled
- 60. explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
- 63. an associate degree in applied science
- 65. a central management agency that sets Federal policy for Federal procurement and real property management and information resources management
- 67. the Pakistan intelligence agency; a powerful and almost autonomous political and military force; has procured nuclear technology and delivery capabilities; has had strong ties with the Taliban and other militant Islamic groups
- 68. stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding
- 70. slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks
- 72. the capital and largest city of Norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast
- 73. the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea
- 74. King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959)
- 75. fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
- 76. informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone
- 77. a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
- 78. one or some or every or all without specification
Down
- 1. do away with
- 2. the feeling of being bored by something tedious
- 3. a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
- 4. essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers
- 5. tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
- 6. the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
- 7. 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
- 8. a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow
- 9. at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal)
- 10. not final or absolute
- 11. credibility among young fashionable urban individuals
- 12. an agency of the United States Marine Corps that provides responsive and broad intelligence support for the worldwide Marine Corps organization
- 15. a mutual fund that is traded on a stock exchange
- 20. an intelligence agency in the United States Department of Defense that designs and builds and operates space reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental issues and to help plan military operations
- 22. (architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof
- 25. Russia's intelligence service responsible for foreign operations, intelligence-gathering and analysis, and the exchange of intelligence information; collaborates with other countries to oppose proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and organized crime
- 27. 3 to 30 kilohertz
- 29. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
- 30. a city in southern Finland
- 31. a cape on the northernmost tip of Jutland between the Skagerrak and the Kattegatt
- 33. a river in northeastern England that flows generally southeastward to join the Trent River and form the Humber
- 34. an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube
- 35. a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
- 36. large American feline resembling a lion
- 37. any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province
- 38. type genus of the Ranidae
- 40. not reflecting light; not glossy
- 44. the compass point midway between west and northwest
- 47. the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet
- 49. Canadian agency that gathers communications intelligence and assist law enforcement and security agencies
- 51. seed of a ___ plant used for food
- 53. an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
- 55. French writer who portrayed the human condition as isolated in an absurd world (1913-1960)
- 57. genus including stone parsley
- 58. an island of western Scotland at the southern end of the Inner Hebrides
- 59. any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule
- 60. a doctor's degree in theology
- 61. leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop
- 62. adjust the pitches of (musical instruments)
- 64. the coordinated universal time on board the spacecraft
- 65. a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
- 66. an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
- 69. the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a ___ school and that is responsible for the judicial system
- 71. French pope from 1088 to 1099 whose sermons called for the First Crusade (1042-1099)
- 72. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers