Randomly Generated Crossword(15 x 15)

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  • 1. of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
  • 4. a unit of information equal to 1000 terabits or 10^15 bits
  • 8. indicate by signs
  • 12. a master's degree in religion
  • 13. a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment
  • 14. an assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes or viruses or antibodies or bacteria)
  • 16. a genus of Mustelidae
  • 17. essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers
  • 18. the capital of Morocco; located in the northwestern on the Atlantic coast
  • 19. a short time
  • 20. a farewell remark
  • 21. a terrorist organization in Colombia formed in 1997 as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups; is financed by earnings from narcotics and serves to protect the economic interests of its members
  • 23. French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
  • 24. puffins
  • 26. type genus of the family ___cidae
  • 28. a port in southwestern Scotland
  • 30. a reptile genus of Iguanidae
  • 32. (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
  • 36. the clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft
  • 39. a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process
  • 41. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
  • 42. United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
  • 43. an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism
  • 45. a beverage made by steeping ___ leaves in water
  • 46. the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-eight and one
  • 48. stop the flow of a liquid
  • 49. a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
  • 50. the act of going out
  • 51. a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
  • 52. an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan
  • 54. any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems
  • 56. the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language
  • 60. an independent agency of the United States government that protects the interests of small businesses and ensures that they receive a fair share of government contracts
  • 63. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers
  • 65. standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west; used in far western states of the United States
  • 67. a type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel
  • 68. a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken _____
  • 70. of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit
  • 72. (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
  • 73. negative criticism
  • 74. Hindu wind god
  • 75. rounded like an egg
  • 76. a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
  • 77. having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination
  • 78. large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated

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  • 1. a farewell remark
  • 2. an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning
  • 3. a vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives
  • 4. act or have an effect in a specifi
  • 5. a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
  • 6. a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred
  • 7. a three-tone Chadic language
  • 8. butter creamed with white wine and shallots and parsley
  • 9. leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper
  • 10. a claim of rights
  • 11. (Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage
  • 12. cry weakly or softly
  • 15. goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
  • 20. a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital
  • 22. fringe-toed lizard
  • 25. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye
  • 27. a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine
  • 29. (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell
  • 30. of or relating to the uvea of the eye
  • 31. an official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish
  • 33. very short skirt worn by ballerinas
  • 34. a European river; flows into the Baltic Sea
  • 35. the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
  • 36. a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750)
  • 37. being ten more than one hundred sixty
  • 38. being three more than fifty
  • 40. a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment
  • 44. last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
  • 47. street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
  • 49. a branch of the Tai languages
  • 51. a polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables
  • 53. a radioactive transuranic element
  • 55. much
  • 57. tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp; eaten fresh or used for e.g. jellies
  • 58. the Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek
  • 59. the basic unit of money in Cambodia; equal to 100 sen
  • 60. 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
  • 61. a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
  • 62. in a different direction
  • 64. a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
  • 65. the British system of withholding tax
  • 66. scatter or intersperse like dots or ____s
  • 69. apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
  • 71. communicate or express nonverbally
  • 72. a youthful male person
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