| ACROSS
1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
9. Type genus of the Ranidae.
13. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
14. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
15. Advanced in years.
16. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
17. Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
18. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
19. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
21. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
23. A doctor's degree in optometry.
24. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
25. Genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs.
33. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. A radioactive transuranic element.
42. Jordan's port.
46. Tear or be torn violently.
47. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
51. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
54. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
55. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
56. A state of extreme dishonor.
58. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
61. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
|
DOWN
1. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. The quantity contained in a keg.
5. A city in northwestern Syria.
6. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
7. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
8. Automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system.
9. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
10. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
11. A river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland.
12. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
20. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
22. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
26. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
27. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
30. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
31. A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.
32. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
34. A small skullcap.
35. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
38. A picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene.
39. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
42. A person forced to flee from home or country.
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
44. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
45. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
46. Being nine more than forty.
48. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
49. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
50. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
52. Any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast) v 1.
53. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
54. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
57. A soft silvery metallic element.
|
