Across
- 1. first in order of time or development
- 4. a new convert
- 7. exclusive ownership through legal privilege, command of supply, or concerted action
- 10. capable of destroying or eating away by chemical reaction
- 11. having virtually unlimited authority or influence
- 12. pronounced and usually negative photoaxis
- 13. an ostentatious effort, display, or expenditure
- 16. a room for sleeping
- 18. a cone-shaped device used to intensify or direct the voice
- 22. a word of more than one syllable
- 23. an eyeglass for one eye
- 24. a person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment
- 25. using, involving, or encompassing several media
Down
- 2. having divisions in several states
- 3. a tropism in which light is the orienting stimulus
- 5. the destruction of large areas of the natural environment as a consequence of human activity
- 6. the art of making or the manufacture and use of fireworks
- 8. Biologists that help plants and animals live
- 9. a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires
- 14. represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws
- 15. one that is omnivorous Bears and coyotes are omnivores.
- 17. a mania (see mania sense 2a) for great or grandiose performance
- 19. a plant that feeds on decomposing plant matter
- 20. a throughout destruction involving extensive loss of life especially through fire
- 21. a lover of books especially for qualities of format
- 24. material used in priming a surface