Silent Letters ABC
Across
- 1. F: 1/5 (American pronunciation)
- 5. T: a form of dance with conventional poses and steps; often known for wearing tutus
- 6. V: V is never silent! It's the only letter that is always pronounced. So here's a fun V word for you: to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to; to confuse
- 8. N: a vertical arrangement of items; a supporting pillar
- 11. S: a tract of land surrounded by water and smaller than a continent
- 14. K: to have understanding of
- 15. A: a linear space for walking between two shelves, as in a store
- 16. P: the science of mind and behavior
- 17. Z: a meeting at an appointed place and time, often a secret
- 20. D: the day in the middle of the week
- 21. W: The joint between the hand and arm
- 23. J: a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes (Scandinavian loan word)
- 24. G: viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory passages
- 25. X: not genuine; a fake
Down
- 2. L: 1/2
- 3. M: A device, such as a formula or rhyme, used as an aid in remembering
- 4. Y: on or to the farther side of : at a greater distance than
- 5. I: a commercial or sometimes an industrial enterprise
- 7. H: the soul of a dead person believed to be an inhabitant of the unseen world or to appear to the living in bodily likeness
- 9. C: a body tissue consisting of long cells that contract when stimulated and produce motion
- 10. U: the large, moveable muscle in your mouth
- 12. O: a large strong cat (Panthera pardus) of southern Asia and Africa that is adept at climbing and is usually tawny or buff with black spots arranged in rosettes
- 13. Q: any of various durable natural varnishes
- 18. B: a state of being under obligation to pay or repay someone or something in return for something received; a state of owing
- 19. R: second month
- 22. E: to form a mental image of (something not present)