CROSSWORD 2275
ACROSS
1. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
4. Youthful appearance in an old person.
12. Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. A compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive.
17. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
18. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
19. Relating to the blood vessels or blood. 20.Type genus of the Gavidae.
22. By bad luck.
24. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
25. (botany) Divided into two lobes.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. Some point in the air.
31. A divided skirt.
33. A radioactive transuranic element.
35. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
36. Isolated from others.
37. American author of inspirational adventure stories for boys.
39. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
41. Situated at an apex.
44. A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.
45. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
48. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
51. The force of workers available.
52. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
53. Having or covered with hair.
55. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
59. A transuranic element.
61. The area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate.
68. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
69. An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.
73. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
74. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
76. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
77. Remove from office.
78. A bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases.
79. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
DOWN
1. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
2. Heal or recover.
3. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
4. The residue that remains when something is burned.
5. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
6. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
7. Rate of revolution of a motor.
8. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
9. A white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2).
10. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
11. Goat grass.
12. The virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
13. A member of the Uniat Church.
14. Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body.
21. A verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee.
23. (Old Testament) The 2nd son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel.
26. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
29. A native of ancient Troy.
30. Pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves).
32. A famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813).
34. Feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight.
38. A tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area.
40. Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain.
42. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
43. United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression (1895-1965).
46. 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.
49. United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959).
50. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
54. A system of solmization using the solfa syllables.
56. Small and compactly built upright piano.
57. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
60. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
62. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
63. A fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait and Southern Yemen and Yemen.
64. Stiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut.
65. Beyond what is natural.
66. A metal piece (usually a disc) used as money v 1.
67. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
70. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
75. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.