CROSSWORD 2428
ACROSS
1. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
5. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant.
12. Any of various units of capacity. 15.Type genus of the Majidae.
16. Having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
19. Reduce to ashes.
20. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
21. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
23. Little known Kamarupan languages.
27. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
29. Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic.
32. A Russian river.
33. United States chemist (1839-1903). 36.The syllable naming the first (tonic) note
of any major scale in solmization.
37. A state in midwestern United States. 40.The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
41. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.
44. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc.
47. Sweet topping especially for pies made of beaten egg whites and sugar.
50. A battle during the American Revolutionary War (1777).
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
52. An annual award for outstanding achievements in television.
53. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
56. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
59. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
63.The act of scanning.
64. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
67. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
69. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
72. Any of numerous low-growing cushionforming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
73. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
74. Having feathered wings.
76. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
77. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
78. All the weapons and equipment that a country has.
79. A small cake leavened with yeast.
DOWN
1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad. 3.The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
4.The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
5. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor. 6.The month following March and preceding
May.
7. (linguistics) The form of a word after all affixes are removed.
8. A mild comatose state.
9. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
10. Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
11. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
12. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
13. Divulge information or secrets.
14. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
22. Enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance.
24. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
25. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
26.The district occupied entirely by the city
of Washington.
28. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel. 30.Type genus of the Soleidae.
31. Make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas.
34. Make difficult to perceive by sight.
35. Full of seeds.
38. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
39. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
42. A B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract.
43. Delicacy highly prized in Japan but highly dangerous.
45. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
46. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
48. A preacher of the Christian gospel.
49. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
54. Someone who cuts and delivers ice.
55. In bed.
57. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
58. Spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key.
60. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
65. A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
66. Consisting of or made up of bone.
68. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
70. An accountant certified by the state. 71.The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
75. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).