Nouns

Across

1. the foretelling or prediction of what is to come
4. a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body
5. anything that goads, impels, or urges, as to action, speed, or achievement
7. Also called China rose. a woody plant, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, of the mallow family, having large, showy flowers
10. the emission of visible light by a body, caused by its high temperature. Compare luminescence
16. the act of disparaging
17. the product obtained from the condensation of vapors in distillation
18. that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide
19. any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rhizophora, the species of which are mostly low trees growing in marshes or tidal shores, noted for their interlacing above-ground adventitious roots
20. a crack forming an opening; cleft; rift; fissure
21. a person named after another
22. a space or opening made by cleavage; a split
23. the system of nerves and nerve centers in an animal or human, including the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia
29. something that remains after a part is removed, disposed of, or used; remainder; rest; remnant
30. a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object
32. the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky
33. any chronically corrupting or disrupting condition, element, etc.
34. Also called flag. a flat stone slab used especially for paving.
38. the act of moving along or proceeding in orderly succession or in a formal and ceremonious manner, as a line of people, animals, vehicles, etc.
40. nobility or elevation of character; worthiness

Down

1. to keep alive or in existence; make lasting
2. the act of confirming
3. an instance, outbreak, or period of such fear
6. the act or process of communicating; fact of being communicate
8. the sill of a doorway
9. any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water
11. the act of detaching
12. a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, supposition, etc.
13. a light, gas-operated semiautomatic rifle
14. the act or utterance of one who warns or the existence, appearance, sound, etc., of a thing that warns
15. the act or an instance of understating, or representing in a weak or restrained way that is not borne out by the facts
16. the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or settling a purpose
17. a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all
24. the contemplation or consideration of some subject
25. outward aspect or appearance
26. any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting
27. exhilarated condition or feeling.
28. adverse fortune; bad luck
31. a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack
35. a chronic, mildly infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affecting the peripheral nervous system, skin, and nasal mucosa and variously characterized by ulcerations, tubercular nodules, and loss of sensation that sometimes leads to traumatic amputation of the anesthetized part
36. the act or function of guiding; leadership; direction
37. an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.
38. bewildered; puzzled
39. distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune