| ACROSS
1. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
4. A fit of shivering.
8. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
11. An accidental happening.
12. Avatar of Vishnu.
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. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
15. A master's degree in business.
17. Before noon.
18. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.
26. Report or maintain.
30. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
32. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
35. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
49. How long something has existed.
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
51. An associate degree in applied science.
52. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
53. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
|
DOWN
1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. A large fleet.
5. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
6. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
7. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
8. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
9. Made of fir or pine.
10. The highest level or degree attainable.
16. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
19. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
20. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
25. An enclosed space.
27. Late time of life.
28. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
29. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. Common Indian weaverbird.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
40. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
42. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
43. A light touch or stroke.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A doctor's degree in education.
47. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
48. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
|
