CROSSWORD 1787
ACROSS
1. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
4. Someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities.
11. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe.
17. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
18. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
19. A person who owns or operates a ranch.
20. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
21. (heraldry) In walking position with right foreleg raised.
23. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
25. The capital and largest city of Japan.
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
28. Made more desirable or valuable or profitable.
32. A character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote.
36. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
37. The compass point that is one point south of southeast.
40. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
41. Antibacterial agent (trade names Mandelamine and Urex) that is contained in many products that are used to treat urinary infections.
42. An uproarious party.
43. Not healed.
46. A unit of pressure.
48. Low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage.
49. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
50. A family of fish in the order Zeomorphi.
53. Gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation.
55. Move out of a curled position.
57. Having or covered with or abounding in plumes.
59. A dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China.
63. Painted beauty and red admiral.
68. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
69. Resembling a fork.
72. A master's degree in business.
73. Automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system.
74. Italian physicist noted for his work on gases.
75. A decree that prohibits something.
76. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
77. A corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation. 78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
3. Telephone line (Wide Area Telephone Service).
4. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Acular and Toradol) that is administered only intramuscularly.
5. Russian choreographer (1834-1905).
6. Closely confined.
7. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
8. A Loloish language.
9. A member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana.
10. Read anew.
11. At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant.
12. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
13. Notify of danger, potential harm, or risk.
14. An unforeseen obstacle.
22. A tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiety and insomnia and alcohol withdrawal.
24. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
26. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
29. Agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels.
30. Of or relating to pyemia.
31. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
33. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
34. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
35. A car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors.
38. Having a bulb.
39. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
44. A Loloish language.
45. A port city in southwestern Iran.
47. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
51. A person who is tricked or swindled.
52. Difficult to describe.
54. English writer and lexicographer (17091784).
56. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
58. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
60. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
64. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
65. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.
66. A blind god.
67. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71. (informal) Roused to anger.