Randomly Generated Crossword(15 x 15)
Across
- 1. a run that is the result of the batter's performance
- 4. not conforming to dietary laws
- 8. gull-like jaeger of northern seas
- 12. an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal
- 13. the trait of being intensely emotional
- 14. English actress (1847-1928)
- 16. a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes
- 17. a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior
- 18. dwell
- 19. the basic unit of money in Romania
- 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. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits
- 23. a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
- 24. a Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change
- 26. the compass point that is midway between north and northwest
- 28. being one more than ninety
- 30. United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961)
- 32. soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
- 36. type and only genus of the family Esocidae
- 39. a gesture that is part of a ____ language
- 41. a unit of area equal to one yard by one yard square
- 42. diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
- 43. the style of a particular artist or school or movement
- 45. goddess of fate: a giantess who personified the past
- 46. prepare by ____ing
- 48. a terrorist group that is the remnants of the original Bolivian insurgents trained by Che Guevara; attacks small unprotected targets such as power pylons or oil pipelines or government buildings
- 49. (used with singular count nouns) colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'
- 50. a river in northeastern Spain; flows into the Mediterranean
- 51. a native or inhabitant of Thailand
- 52. an implement used to propel or steer a boat
- 54. last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
- 56. a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
- 60. a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen
- 63. a type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel
- 65. express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
- 67. a boy or man
- 68. a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction
- 70. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Roman Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)
- 72. marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction
- 73. travel by _____
- 74. become bubbly or frothy or foaming
- 75. adjust for (better) functioning
- 76. two items of the same kind
- 77. a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
- 78. standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west; used in far western states of the United States
Down
- 1. covered with frost
- 2. meat from an adult domestic bovine
- 3. a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
- 4. (Norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with Teutonic Donar
- 5. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
- 6. take in solid food
- 7. (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore
- 8. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
- 9. Egyptian god of the earth; father of Osiris and Isis
- 10. in or relating to or obtained from urine
- 11. an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology
- 12. minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end
- 15. a yearning for something or to do something
- 20. an agency that serves as the focal point for all Intelligence Community activities related to nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their missile delivery systems
- 22. the compass point midway between northeast and east
- 25. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven
- 27. the compass point that is one point south of due west
- 29. 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
- 30. any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu
- 31. tangle or complicate
- 33. a shade of blue tinged with green
- 34. (Norse mythology) god of war and strife and son of Odin; identified with Anglo-Saxon Tiu
- 35. founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)
- 36. a river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea
- 37. a member of a Slavic people who settled in ____ia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
- 38. a European river; flows into the Baltic Sea
- 40. the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- 44. a terrorist organization formed in the 1960s by children of Iranian merchants; sought to counter the Shah of Iran's pro-western policies of modernization and opposition to communism; following a philosophy that mixes Marxism and Islam it now attacks the Islamic fundamentalists who deposed the Shah
- 47. the basic unit of money in North Korea
- 49. an independent federal agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants
- 51. one trillion periods per second
- 53. express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
- 55. of a tire; having an inner tube
- 57. type genus of family Ulmaceae; deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves; widely distributed in temperate regions
- 58. aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
- 59. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
- 60. a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
- 61. a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake ____ in north central Africa
- 62. (used especially of persons) of inferior size
- 64. a message received and understood
- 65. pasta shaped like pearls of barley; frequently prepared with lamb in Greek cuisine
- 66. any thick, viscous matter
- 69. extinct flightless bird of New Zealand
- 71. a unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes
- 72. standard temperature and pressure