| ACROSS
1. A French abbot.
5. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
12. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
13. Failing to detonate.
14. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
15. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
19. United States abolitionist (1786-1865).
22. God of wealth and love.
23. Of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation.
27. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
29. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
31. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
32. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
43. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
44. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
46. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
47. (Irish) The sea personified.
48. A thrusting blow with a knife.
|
DOWN
1. A primeval personification of air and breath.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An unofficial association of people or groups.
4. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
5. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
6. Singing jazz.
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
9. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
10. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
18. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
20. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
21. A genus of Ploceidae.
24. Being ten more than eighty.
25. A state in midwestern United States.
26. Extremely pleasing.
28. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. In bed.
35. Type genus of the Majidae.
36. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. An audiotape recording of sound.
43. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
45. An honorary degree in science.
46. An informal term for a father.
|
