| ACROSS
1. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
4. (archaic) The emperor of Japan.
10. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
13. The habitation of wild animals.
14. Existing or belonging to a time before a war.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
17. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
19. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
21. A negative.
22. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
27. Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment.
32. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
33. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
35. A popular vacation spot in the Canadian Rockies.
39. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
41. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
43. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
44. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
47. A small cake leavened with yeast.
49. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
53. Dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin.
56. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
57. Before noon.
58. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
62. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
65. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
66. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
67. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
68. An associate degree in applied science.
|
DOWN
1. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
2. Not only so, but.
3. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
4. A widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow.
5. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
6. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
7. Distant in either space or time.
8. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
9. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
10. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
11. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
12. Member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.
18. Jordan's port.
20. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
24. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
25. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
28. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
29. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
36. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
37. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
38. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
40. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
42. (Jewish cookery) A loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast.
43. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
45. In bed.
46. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
51. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
52. Collect or gather.
54. Not fake or counterfeit.
55. A quantity of no importance.
59. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
60. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
61. Fiddler crabs.
63. A person forced to flee from home or country.
64. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
|
