| ACROSS
1. Former measure of the US economy.
4. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
11. A unit of length equal to 1760 yards.
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
16. Having had the bones removed.
17. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
18. An artificial language.
20. A short composition for a solo instrument.
21. A state of confusion and disorderliness.
22. East Asian perennial herbs.
25. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
26. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
31. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
32. A monastery for lamas.
36. A derogatory term for a white person (said to have been used by North American Indians).
39. Not clearly understood or expressed.
40. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
41. Suggestive of the supernatural.
44. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
45. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
47. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
50. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
52. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
53. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
54. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
57. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
58. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
62. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
64. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
67. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
70. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
73. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
76. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
77. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
78. Of or relating to the urethra.
79. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
|
DOWN
1. Take by theft.
2. Type genus of the Nepidae.
3. A small contrasting part of something.
4. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
5. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
6. Temporary cessation or suspension.
7. A member of the Dravidian people living in the Nilgiri hills in southern India.
8. (Babylonian) The sky god.
9. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
10. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
11. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
12. The content of cognition.
13. The act of losing.
14. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
19. Exultantly proud and joyful.
23. A member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
24. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
27. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
28. Before noon.
30. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
33. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
34. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
35. United States psychologist who studied the intelligence of primates (1876-1956).
37. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
38. Any plant of the genus Erica.
42. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
43. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
46. A woman of refinement.
48. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
49. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
51. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
55. A political leader (especially of Tammany Hall).
56. Large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland.
60. A small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge.
61. Wife of Balder.
63. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
65. Having the slant of a bevel.
66. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
68. A desert in central Asia.
69. Divisible by two.
71. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
72. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
74. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
75. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
|
