Across
- 1. a mass of hexagonal wax cells built by honeybees in their nest to contain their brood and stores of honey.
- 4. free from fault or blame
- 5. made in imitation of something else with intent to deceive
- 6. a substance (such as pollen) that causes an allergy
- 8. a body of government officials
- 12. a procedure or method of working usually involving expert physical movement
- 13. marked by or given to elaborate or colorful display or behavior
- 15. a flammable hydrocarbon oil usually obtained by distillation of petroleum and used as a fuel, solvent, and thinner
- 16. an act or instance of desecrating : the state of being desecrated
- 17. to accumulate or be added periodically
- 18. an older person who accompanies young people at a social gathering to ensure proper behavior
- 23. giving an advantage
- 25. genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring
- 26. in an obvious manner
- 27. a light yellowish brown
- 29. made, produced, or performed by human beings often following a natural model or process
- 31. a mark ' used to indicate the omission of letters or figures, the possessive case, or the plural of letters or figures
Down
- 2. a wide avenue often having grass strips with trees along its center or sides
- 3. of or relating to discipline
- 7. a meal held in recognition of some occasion or achievement
- 9. to surround with armed forces
- 10. a person who gives beauty treatments (as to skin and hair)
- 11. utter failure or impoverishment
- 14. a typical or ideal example
- 17. to bring or receive into close connection as a member or branch
- 18. an economic good: as a product of agriculture or mining
- 19. the act or process of equating : the state of being frivolous
- 20. something that enters into a compound or is a component part of any combination or mixture
- 21. usually a four-wheel automotive vehicle designed for passenger transportation
- 22. one that manufactures
- 24. the action of obligating oneself to a course of action
- 28. a one-storied house with a low-pitched roof; a house having one and a half stories and usually a front porch
- 30. the disguising especially of military equipment or installations with paint, nets, or foliage