Nashmia Patel A7/8 Towers Unit

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Across
  1. 2. A curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it.
  2. 4. A framework, typically consisting of rafters, posts, and struts, supporting a roof, bridge, or other structure.
  3. 6. An underlying or supporting structure.
  4. 7. The full extent of something from end to end.
  5. 8. A masonry mass supporting and receiving the thrust of part of an arch or vault.
  6. 10. A structure built on top of something else.
  7. 11. An engineer who designs and maintains roads, bridges, dams and similar structures.
Down
  1. 1. Building structures in which the main elements that support the load are subject only to forces of extension.
  2. 3. External force (stress) that tends to crush a material, squeezing its particles closer and shortening the dimension in the direction of its action.
  3. 5. A central stone at the summit of an arch, locking the whole together.
  4. 9. Being stretched tight.