Randomly Generated Crossword(18 x 18)
Across
- 1. carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States)
- 5. ask for and get free; be a parasite
- 10. a worker who ties something
- 14. the fifth of the seven canonical hours; about 3 p.m.
- 15. a flash of light (especially reflected light)
- 16. moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons
- 18. the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
- 19. save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- 20. a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street)
- 22. United States dancer and film actress who partnered with Fred Astaire (1911-1995)
- 24. form a web by making a thread
- 25. Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC)
- 26. the mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded
- 27. a coarse homespun cotton cloth made in India
- 29. relating to or of the nature of a zone
- 30. conifer of Australia and New Zealand
- 32. position comfortably
- 34. a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
- 38. ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
- 39. the advantageous quality of being beneficial
- 41. loosen something by _______ing it
- 43. (Roentgen Equivalent Man) the dosage of ionizing radiation that will cause the same amount of injury to human tissue as 1 roentgen of X-rays
- 44. imperial moths
- 50. raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair
- 51. prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler
- 52. undergo military training or do military exercises
- 53. a community of Native Americans who speak an Eskimo-Aleut language and inhabit the _____ian Islands and southwestern Alaska
- 54. (Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg; identified with the Teutonic Wotan
- 55. a genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family ______ceae
- 56. a long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point
- 58. a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- 59. a mountain range in western China that extends eastward from the Indian border for 1000 miles
- 60. offensive term for an openly homosexual man
- 62. provide with clothes or put clothes on
- 63. a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times
- 64. the Yuman language spoken by the _______
- 69. a member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas
- 71. of or relating to or located near a hilum
- 72. the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers
- 75. small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants
- 80. a tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name ______) with serious side effects; interacts with many other medications
- 82. a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
- 83. United States writer (born in 1933)
- 84. a state in the southwestern United States
- 85. suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
- 87. a port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea
- 88. relating to or consisting of runes
- 89. make (somebody) laugh
- 90. (used only in combinations) the length of something in miles
- 91. an enclosed space
- 92. a member of the Dravidian people living in northern Bengal in eastern India
- 93. a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
Down
- 1. a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
- 2. lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland; second largest lake in Europe
- 3. a pariah who is avoided by others
- 4. a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ______
- 5. system of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds
- 6. a native or resident of Alaska
- 7. an ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus; site of the oracle of ______
- 8. type genus of the Gavidae: loons
- 9. make improvements or corrections to
- 10. a worker (especially in an office) hired on a ____orary basis
- 11. a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil
- 12. a punch made of sweetened milk or cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor
- 13. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
- 14. the independent agency that oversees management of federal government records including presidential libraries and historic collections
- 17. of or relating to the kidneys
- 21. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- 23. declared as fact; explicitly ______
- 28. 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
- 31. a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles
- 33. the compass point that is midway between north and northeast
- 34. French composer (1865-1935)
- 35. administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
- 36. a small island
- 37. someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- 39. round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes
- 40. a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes
- 42. any customary observance or practice
- 43. do away with
- 45. an edge tool used to cut and shape wood
- 46. cry like a goose
- 47. an industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border; was the medieval capital of Flanders
- 48. the twelfth month of the civil year; the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in August and September)
- 49. degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
- 51. cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk
- 55. (Greek mythology) the mythical Greek king who for 30 years did not clean his stables which contained his vast herd of cattle
- 57. rate of revolution of a motor
- 59. an orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa
- 61. administer an ___ or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
- 62. of or relating to or characteristic of a czar
- 64. wild goose having white adult plumage
- 65. a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk
- 66. a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
- 67. the capital and largest city of Cuba; located in western Cuba; one of the oldest cities in the Americas
- 68. of or relating to the iris of the eye
- 69. having a ______ function
- 70. causing dejection
- 73. at right angles to the length of a ship or airplane
- 74. a town in central Alabama on the Alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register Black voters
- 76. a pop group not affiliated with a major record company
- 77. an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings
- 78. an acronym for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an amplifier that works on the same principle as a laser and emits coherent microwave radiation
- 79. a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods
- 81. be without
- 86. (used as a combining form) recent or new