Randomly Generated Crossword(18 x 18)
Across
- 1. a unit of perceived loudness equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz tone at 40 dB above threshold
- 5. the capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port
- 10. a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer
- 14. capable of being corrupted
- 15. make shallow
- 16. either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes
- 18. mature ovum after penetration by sperm but before the formation of a zygote
- 19. a spotted or calico horse or pony
- 20. having a bed or beds as specified
- 22. the dialect of Berber spoken by the ______
- 24. an agency in the Technology Administration that is a primary resource for government-funded scientific and technical and engineering and business related information
- 25. petty or reluctant in giving or spending
- 26. a city in western Texas on the Mexican border; located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande across from the Mexican city of Juarez
- 27. indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
- 29. fix to; attach
- 30. small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs: water chestnut
- 32. an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or _______ or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative
- 34. a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
- 38. any of many minor planets in the Kuiper belt outside the orbit of Neptune at the edge of the solar system
- 39. the boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle
- 41. (biology, chemistry) diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal
- 43. an organization of United States war veterans
- 44. pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America
- 50. (used informally) very small
- 51. a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
- 52. bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia
- 53. 100 _____s equal 1 koruna in Czech Republic
- 54. extremely robust
- 55. dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
- 56. never except when
- 58. informal abbreviation of `representative'
- 59. United States Protestant theologian (1892-1971)
- 60. a rounded thickly curled hairdo
- 62. a byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation
- 63. of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit
- 64. rushing about hastily in an undignified way
- 69. a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
- 71. a genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae
- 72. a cruel and brutal fellow
- 75. become ground down or deteriorate
- 80. undergo development or evolution
- 82. a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
- 83. coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
- 84. and nothing more
- 85. club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron; used by police in India
- 87. very cold
- 88. a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life
- 89. duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females
- 90. (in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint
- 91. talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
- 92. a transferase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ribonucleic acid
- 93. bark in a high-pitched tone
Down
- 1. the capital of South Korea and the largest city of Asia; located in northwestern South Korea
- 2. available for immediate use
- 3. the basic unit of money in Nigeria
- 4. first in order of birth
- 5. cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
- 6. a Kachinic language
- 7. a member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua
- 8. the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
- 9. shad
- 10. the compass point that is one point south of southeast
- 11. one of the three Furies
- 12. a light patterned cotton cloth
- 13. a blue-violet color
- 14. a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
- 17. an evil supernatural being
- 21. a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram
- 23. an industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky
- 28. an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government
- 31. any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
- 33. a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
- 34. a member of the Bantu people who inhabit Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa and who speak the _____ languages
- 35. an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism
- 36. inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
- 37. a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- 39. (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system
- 40. Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
- 42. an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain
- 43. any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color
- 45. exercise authority over; as of nations
- 46. a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles
- 47. on the negative side or lower end of a scale
- 48. the eleventh month of the Hindu calendar; corresponds to January in the Gregorian calendar
- 49. mentally perceptive and responsive
- 51. sound of something in rapid motion
- 55. a fee charged for the use of pipes
- 57. a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges; the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen; the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below
- 59. the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines
- 61. English painter and art critic (1866-1934)
- 62. clothing in general
- 64. the tube of a tobacco pipe
- 65. wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)
- 66. someone who admires a young woman
- 67. abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding)
- 68. Russian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs (1849-1936)
- 69. income before interest and taxes and depreciation and amortization have been subtracted; an indicator of a company's profitability that is watched by investors (especially in leveraged buyouts)
- 70. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
- 73. a viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person
- 74. that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- 76. be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
- 77. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
- 78. (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom
- 79. (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology
- 81. 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
- 86. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance