Randomly Generated Crossword (11 x 11)
Across
- 1. a terrorist organization that is the militant wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines; a Maoist organization formed to overthrow the government; uses hit squads called Sparrow Units; opposes United States military presence in the Philippines
- 4. the compass point that is one point east of due south
- 7. (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally)
- 10. an apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage)
- 12. a collection of anecdotes about a person or place
- 13. concerned with practical matters
- 15. a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
- 16. a Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria
- 17. the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet
- 18. the basic unit of money in Western Samoa
- 21. an antiviral drug (trade name Retrovir) used in the treatment of AIDS; adverse side effects include liver damage and suppression of the bone marrow
- 22. the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands
- 23. run at a moderately swift pace
- 26. excrete or discharge from the body
- 27. a member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska
- 28. the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913
- 30. the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one
- 31. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
- 35. a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
- 36. cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role
- 37. to ___ degree or extent
- 38. (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)
- 39. (used as a combining form) recent or new
Down
- 1. one species: glade mallow
- 2. English biochemist (born in Austria); studied the molecular structure of blood (1914-2002)
- 3. the mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded
- 4. what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it
- 5. a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
- 6. the coordinated universal time when an event is received on Earth
- 7. a group of hunting animals
- 8. relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot
- 9. a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters
- 11. title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey)
- 14. a plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots
- 18. an adherent of any branch of ___ism
- 19. black tropical American cuckoo
- 20. a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
- 23. of or pertaining to or characteristic of or resembling the planet Jupiter
- 24. disinclined to work or exertion
- 25. be used or required for
- 26. a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs
- 28. an opening time period
- 29. be obedient to
- 30. street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
- 31. an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation
- 32. (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- 33. an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council
- 34. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on