Across
- 4. make (something) physically stronger or more solid
- 6. fighting between armed forces
- 8. feeling or expressing sadness, regret, or grief
- 9. defeat thoroughly
- 11. an annoying or stubborn person or animal
- 13. kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate
- 14. a condition in which part of an organ is displaced and protrudes through the wall of the cavity containing it
- 15. keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, quantity, or time)
- 17. obtrusively bright and showy; lurid
- 18. (of a fabric, rope, or cord) unravel or become worn at the edge, typically through constant rubbing
Down
- 1. showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements
- 2. (of a medical practitioner) advise and authorize the use of (a medicine or treatment) for someone, esp. in writing
- 3. formal and dignified
- 4. a member of the U.S. Congress (also used as a form of address), usually specifically a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- 5. form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence
- 7. short trousers fastened just below the knee, now chiefly worn for riding a horse or as part of ceremonial dress.
- 10. a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, or other animals
- 12. the branch of mathematics dealing with the properties and manipulation of numbers
- 15. a necrotic, fungal disease of apple and other trees that results in damage to the bark.
- 16. extremely unpleasant