Chris Cross...Word
Across
- 4. A place of worship for Muslims.
- 5. A herbaceous plant which has jagged leaves covered with stinging hairs.
- 6. A small, brightly coloured bird, often kept as a pet.
- 11. A small citrus fruit with a loose skin, especially one of a variety with deep orange-red skin.
- 13. A liquid applied to the hair after shampooing to improve its condition.
- 15. A family of nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia, and Australia.
- 16. The distinctive clothing worn by members of the same organisation or body.
- 17. A follower of the religion of Islam.
- 19. a method used in telecommunication to encode text characters as standardized sequences of two different signal durations, called dots and dashes, or dits and dahs.
- 20. A severe snowstorm with high winds.
- 22. A city in northeastern Spain on the Mediterranean Sea; the second-largest city of Spain, after Madrid.
- 23. A code word representing the letter A, used in radio communication. Also the first letter of the Greek alphabet.
Down
- 1. The capital city of Northern Ireland.
- 2. The disguising of military personnel, equipment, and installations by painting or covering them to make them blend in with their surroundings.
- 3. Conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness.
- 7. A form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles (such as electrons or protons), either statically as an accumulation of charge or dynamically as a current.
- 8. A metric unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.
- 9. A large bird with a rounded body and long tail, that spends a lot of time on the ground and is often shot for sport and food.
- 10. A giant woody grass which is grown chiefly in the tropics, used as a cane or to make furniture and implements.
- 12. A British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912.
- 14. A poisonous substance secreted by animals such as snakes, spiders, and scorpions and typically injected into prey or aggressors by biting or stinging.
- 15. A dish consisting of oatmeal or another meal or cereal boiled in water or milk.
- 18. Concave part of the human hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist. Also an unbranched evergreen tree of tropical and warm regions.
- 19. A firm white Italian cheese made from buffalo or cow's milk, used especially in pizzas and salads.
- 21. Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalised.