| ACROSS
1. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
4. Color purple.
12. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
15. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
16. Of or relating to a caesura.
17. The fatty flesh of eel.
18. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
20. A Spanish female Gypsy.
22. South African term for `boss'.
23. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
25. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
27. Free from dirt or impurities.
28. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
30. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
31. A special loved one.
36. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
39. An ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair.
40. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
41. 1/10 gram.
45. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
47. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
48. Nonresinous wood of a fir tree.
49. Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub.
51. An official or legal cancellation.
54. In an unnatural eery manner.
56. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
57. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
58. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
59. A mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (27,790 feet high).
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
68. Having the hands covered with gloves.
71. An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718).
72. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
73. Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference.
75. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
76. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
77. Remote from actual involvement.
78. A person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war.
|
DOWN
1. Baby bed with high sides.
2. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
3. New Zealand conifer.
4. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
5. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
6. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
7. Able to be put to use.
8. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
9. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
10. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
11. English essayist (1775-1834).
12. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
13. A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart.
14. By bad luck.
19. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
21. Absent without permission.
24. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
29. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
32. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
33. Covered with a roof.
34. A member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
35. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
37. A colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid used as an inhalation anesthetic.
38. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
42. Small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker.
43. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
44. Coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers.
46. Any plant of the genus Erica.
50. Pain in the gums.
52. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
53. A person to whom money is paid.
55. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
60. In bed.
61. God of love and erotic desire.
62. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
63. The 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
64. An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another.
65. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
66. A lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs.
69. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
70. British informal term.
74. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
|
