CROSSWORD 1765
ACROSS
1. A French abbot.
5. Changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose.
12. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
15. A sudden short attack.
16. Freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail.
17. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
18. In bed.
19. A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
23. A heavy gray-white metallic element.
26. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
27. English historian who studied the rise and fall of civilizations looking for cyclical patterns (1889-1975).
31. King of Sparta and hero of the battle of Thermopylae where is was killed by the Persians (died in 480 BC).
35. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
36. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
37. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
38. Do over, as of (part of) a house.
41. Large siphonophore of up to 50 ft long.
44. An investigation of the component parts of a whole.
46. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
47. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
48. A common cyst of the skin.
49. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
50. French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829).
53. A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river.
57. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
58. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
59. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
60. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
62. A fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance.
65. A city in western Russia on the Dnieper River.
70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
71. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
74. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
75. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
78. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
79. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
80. A republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A coffin along with its stand.
4. A doctor's degree in education.
5. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
6. Remove or make invisible.
7. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
8. Type genus of the Plataleidae.
9. The term during which some position is held.
10. Any plant of the genus Eryngium.
11. At an angle.
12. Cry plaintively.
13. Especially one side of a leaf.
14. The act of scanning.
22. Tag the base runner to get him out.
24. Expressive of contempt.
25. Register formally.
28. The first event in a series.
29. Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930).
30. Opinion or judgment.
32. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
33. To or from every one of two or more (considered individually).
34. A large number or amount.
39. Generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature.
40. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
42. Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions.
43. Toward the mouth or oral region.
45. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
51. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
52. A medium to dark brownish yellow color.
54. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
55. A mountain peak in central Washington.
56. The commonest type of solidified lava.
61. Squash bugs.
63. English essayist (1775-1834).
64. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
66. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
67. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
68. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
69. God of love and erotic desire.
72. The month following October and preceding December.
73. An accountant certified by the state.
76. A state in New England.
77. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.