SPELLING DEFINITIONS (week 21)
Across
- 3. A remark or written note that explains or gives an opinion.
- 5. A number of similar things in order.
- 6. A reddish-brown metallic element.
- 8. A tool with a heavy metal head mounted at right angles at the ends of the handle, used for jobs such as breaking things and driving in nails.
- 9. Lying in the same plane and the same distance.
- 10. The place value of the digit that occurs two places after the decimal. Equal to 1/100.
- 13. A small metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven typically into wood with a hammer to join things together or to serve as a peg or hook.
- 14. The place value that represents one digit after the decimal place. Equal to 1/10.
- 17. Fully assured; confident.
- 19. An imaginary creature that is huge.
- 20. To accuse; blame.
Down
- 1. An educational institution that offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Larger than a college.
- 2. A tool used to provide grip and mechanical advantage in applying torque to turn objects, usually rotary fasteners, such as nuts and bolts, or keep them from turning.
- 4. A hand tool, power tool, or machine with a rotating cutting tip or reciprocating hammer or chisel, used for making holes.
- 7. Possibly but not certainly.
- 11. Consisting in or characterized by the absence rather than the presence of distinguishing features.
- 12. A North American songbird with a rust-red
- 15. A connected flexible series of metal links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads.
- 16. An educational institution or establishment, in particular one providing higher education or specialized professional or vocational training.
- 18. To disturb or irritate.