| ACROSS
1. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
4. A composer of sacred songs.
12. The herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. One of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones.
17. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
18. A historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan.
20. Wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk.
21. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
22. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
24. Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something.
26. A salt or ester of acetic acid.
29. A copper-nickel alloy with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient.
30. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. Not divisible by two.
33. Any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes.
35. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
37. Very spicy sauce made from tabasco peppers.
43. Relating to or consisting of runes.
45. The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
47. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
50. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
52. Live off somebody's generosity.
56. Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.
57. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
60. Black tropical American cuckoo.
61. Covered with paving material.
63. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
65. Extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dying and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails.
68. An eight-sided polygon.
72. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
73. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
76. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
77. Being three more than fifty.
78. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
80. A notable achievement.
81. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
82. Any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits.
83. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
|
DOWN
1. A cap with a flat circular top and a visor.
2. A musical work that has been created.
3. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
4. Situated in a particular spot or position.
5. A person's brother or sister.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886).
8. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
9. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
10. Ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight.
11. A movable protective covering that provided protection from above.
12. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
13. Offering little or no hope.
14. Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923).
19. German mathematician (1804-1851).
23. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
25. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
27. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
28. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
31. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
34. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
36. Spiritual being attendant upon God.
38. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
39. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
40. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
41. A city in northeastern Ohio.
42. 100 penni equal 1 markka.
44. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
46. The cry made by sheep.
49. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
51. The Muskhogean language of the Choctaw people.
53. Parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates.
54. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
55. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
58. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
59. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
62. Someone who has won first place in a competition.
64. A genus of Ploceidae.
66. The capital of Western Samoa.
67. (aeronautical) Pertaining to the tail section of a plane.
69. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
70. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
71. A quantity of no importance.
74. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
75. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
79. In operation or operational.
|
