Across
- 4. a method of voice production used by male singers, especially tenors, to sing notes higher than their normal range
- 9. an alcoholic solution containing morphine, prepared from opium and formerly used as a narcotic painkiller
- 11. an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry
- 15. exercise in oratory or elocution, as in the recitation of a classic speech
- 16. a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare
- 18. the headgear used to control a horse, consisting of buckled straps to which a bit and reins are attached
- 19. any composite plant of the genus Solidago, most species of which bear numerous small, yellow flower heads
- 21. a permanent unit of an army typically commanded by a colonel and divided into several companies, squadrons, or batteries and often into two battalions
- 22. an unmarried woman, typically an older woman beyond the usual age for marriage
- 23. a glass container or other apparatus holding a drying agent for removing moisture from specimens and protecting them from water vapor
- 24. to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material)
- 25. a community of persons devoted to religious life
- 26. a person without any means of support, especially a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity
- 27. a borough of Greater London, England
Down
- 1. a bitter crystalline compound present in cinchona bark, used as a tonic and formerly as an antimalarial drug
- 2. a liturgical formula of praise to God
- 3. a large body of troops ready for battle, especially an infantry unit forming part of a brigade typically commanded by a lieutenant colonel
- 4. a series of shots fired or missiles thrown all at the same time or in quick succession
- 5. lower in rank; subordinate
- 6. a restaurant in a movie studio, military base, prison, or other institution
- 7. to a very severe or serious degree
- 8. a minute or microscopic animal, nearly or quite invisible to the naked eye
- 10. wound or injure so that part of the body is permanently damaged
- 12. necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation
- 13. a place where bodies are kept, especially to be identified or claimed
- 14. a vacation or leave of absence granted to an enlisted person fur
- 17. the head of a chapter in a cathedral
- 20. a grayish-white element having a metallic luster, vaporizing when heated, and forming poisonous compounds
- 25. cause (someone) to become unable to move or walk properly