| ACROSS
1. A message received and understood that reduces the recipient's uncertainty.
5. Presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible.
11. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
15. A form of rummy using two decks and four jokers.
16. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (27,890 feet high).
17. Type genus of the Amiidae.
18. Quality of being active or spirited or vigorous.
19. United States educator who founded the first private school for Black students in Augusta, Georgia (1854-1933).
21. The sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office.
23. A genus of Pleuronectidae.
24. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
25. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai).
27. A heavy precious metallic element.
28. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
29. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
31. An endorsement.
35. Large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork.
40. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
41. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
42. How long something has existed.
43. Little known Kamarupan languages.
46. (physics) Involving a transfer of heat.
50. Deteriorated by decay or rot.
52. Hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists.
53. (biology) Having or resembling wings.
54. A colorless odorless gas used as a fuel.
57. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
58. A skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer).
62. Type genus of the Anatidae.
67. In truth (often tends to intensify).
68. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
70. A leisurely walk (usually in some public place).
72. A master's degree in business.
73. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
74. A genus of Portunidae.
76. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
77. A light touch or stroke.
78. Succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
|
DOWN
1. To fix or set securely or deeply.
2. Italian architect who pioneered in the use of reinforced concrete (1891-1979).
3. Someone who travels by air.
4. Dragonflies and damselflies.
5. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
6. (Japanese) An ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea.
7. A monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific.
8. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
9. A shelter from danger or hardship.
10. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
11. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
12. A primeval personification of air and breath.
13. A formal association of people with similar interests.
14. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
20. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
26. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
30. Denuded of leaves.
32. African mahogany trees.
33. Swiss mathematician (1707-1783).
34. Extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic.
36. Moving quickly and lightly.
37. Show a response or a reaction to something.
38. Many times at short intervals.
39. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
44. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
45. Sacred writings of Orthodox Judaism.
47. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
48. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
49. A river in southeastern France.
51. Steadiness of mind under stress.
55. Septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria released from an abscess.
56. (botany) Of some seeds.
59. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
63. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
64. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
65. A person who possesses great material wealth.
66. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
69. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
71. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
75. A public promotion of some product or service.
|
