| ACROSS
1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
9. A master's degree in library science.
13. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
14. Obvious and dull.
15. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
16. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
17. Lower in esteem.
18. The outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges.
19. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
21. Of or involving the ovaries.
23. Situated in a particular spot or position.
24. A three-tone Chadic language.
25. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
29. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
32. A pause or interruption (as in a conversation).
35. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
36. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
38. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
39. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
40. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
42. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
43. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
47. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
50. A person forced to flee from home or country.
52. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
54. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
58. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
60. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
62. Singing jazz.
63. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
65. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
66. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
67. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
68. Having much flesh (especially fat).
|
DOWN
1. Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.
2. An advantageous purchase.
3. Goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
6. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
7. An ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation.
8. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen).
9. Ritual hand movement in Hindu religious dancing.
10. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
11. The basic unit of money on Malta.
12. The act of scanning.
20. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
22. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
26. Two items of the same kind.
27. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
28. South African term for `boss'.
30. A doctor's degree in education.
31. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
33. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
34. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
37. A radioactive transuranic element.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. Make less active or intense.
45. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
46. Detected or perceived by the sense of hearing.
48. Jordan's port.
49. A light touch or stroke.
51. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
52. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
53. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
55. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
56. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
57. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
59. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
61. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
64. A son who has the same first name as his father.
|
