| ACROSS
1. Select as an alternative.
4. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
8. An honorary degree in science.
11. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
12. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
13. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
14. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
15. A bad-tempered person.
16. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
19. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
20. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
22. (Judaism) A chant of praise (Psalms 113 through 118) used at Passover and Shabuoth and Sukkoth and Hanukkah and Rosh Hodesh.
26. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
30. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
31. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
33. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
36. Type genus of the Majidae.
40. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
43. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
45. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
46. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. A small cake leavened with yeast.
49. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
50. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
51. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
|
DOWN
1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Type genus of the Pipidae.
3. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. A public promotion of some product or service.
6. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
7. Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan.
8. Workplace for the teaching or practice of an art.
9. Of or like a cecum.
10. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
17. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
18. Belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease.
21. A Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
25. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
29. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
32. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
38. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
39. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
41. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
42. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
44. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
|
