Across
- 1. a paid position of regular employment.
- 5. moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops.
- 6. a period of seven days.
- 8. a mechanism that performs a specific function in a machine.
- 9. a 24-hour period as a unit of time, reckoned from one midnight to the next, corresponding to a rotation of the earth on its axis.
- 11. each of the twelve named periods into which a year is divided.
Down
- 1. a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline.
- 2. the first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
- 3. the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
- 4. the time taken by the earth to make one revolution around the sun, typically 365 days.
- 7. a piece of furniture for sleep or rest, typically a framework with a mattress.
- 10. an intense feeling of deep affection.