Randomly Generated Crossword(15 x 15)
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- 1. an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation
- 4. 27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930)
- 8. the type genus of the Hylidae; tree toads
- 12. play something in the style of ____
- 13. out of existence
- 14. Irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)
- 16. a unit of information equal to 1000 petabits or 10^18 bits
- 17. the words of something written
- 18. (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era
- 19. a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
- 20. the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- 21. have ___ership or possession of
- 23. fringe-toed lizard
- 24. any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers
- 26. an associate degree in applied science
- 28. macaws
- 30. a branch of the Tai languages
- 32. express a choice or opinion
- 36. (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
- 39. street names for heroin
- 41. a tributary of the Rhine
- 42. an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- 43. someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession
- 45. an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
- 46. a fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda; responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia; believed to have branches in several countries
- 48. type genus of the ____aceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit
- 49. an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of ____nuclear leucocytes or ____cytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing
- 50. cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect
- 51. the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet
- 52. state as one's opinion or judgement; declare
- 54. a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
- 56. wildly; without self-control
- 60. imitate uncritically and in every aspect
- 63. a command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force; operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft
- 65. a shag rug made in Sweden
- 67. the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
- 68. the chief source of _____lium; colored transparent varieties are valued as gems
- 70. predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
- 72. a river in northeastern Spain; flows into the Mediterranean
- 73. in the area or vicinity
- 74. sing a ____
- 75. put a ____ on or cover with a ____
- 76. in the direction of the sea
- 77. type genus of the Nepidae: typical elongate-oval water scorpions
- 78. a small guitar having four strings
Down
- 1. a short moral story (often with animal characters)
- 2. relating to or containing the _____ group N3
- 3. an antiviral drug (trade name Retrovir) used in the treatment of AIDS; adverse side effects include liver damage and suppression of the bone marrow
- 4. French filmmaker (1908-1982)
- 5. inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
- 6. send something via a facsimile machine
- 7. type and only genus of the family ____nidae
- 8. doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion
- 9. within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time
- 10. a Loloish language
- 11. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
- 12. a car suitable for traveling over rough terrain
- 15. an independent government agency responsible for the Social Security system
- 20. a port in southwestern Scotland
- 22. a portion of something divided into shares
- 25. not this merely but also; not only so but
- 27. Russia's intelligence service responsible for foreign operations, intelligence-gathering and analysis, and the exchange of intelligence information; collaborates with other countries to oppose proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and organized crime
- 29. the sign language used in the United States
- 30. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves
- 31. a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
- 33. a Greek liquor flavored with anise
- 34. relatively ____ in consistency or low in density; not viscous
- 35. (used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently
- 36. a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
- 37. the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
- 38. form into ____s, as of water or sweat, for example
- 40. put a ____ on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
- 44. a form of address for a married woman
- 47. a clear plastic lens that is implanted in the eye; usually done when the natural lens has been removed in a cataract operation
- 49. a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters
- 51. an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
- 53. an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
- 55. a resort city in Crimea in the southern Ukraine on the Black Sea; site of the Allied conference between Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill in February 1945
- 57. the Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek
- 58. an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France
- 59. someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
- 60. a loose sleeveless outer garment made from ___ cloth; worn by Arabs
- 61. having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay
- 62. a desire for sexual intimacy
- 64. German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants
- 65. the federal police force of Canada
- 66. the ____n language spoken by the ____
- 69. the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China
- 71. hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement
- 72. any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism