Across
- 3. Relating to or based on the meter as a unit of length.
- 4. Any of a number of calcined mixtures of clay and limestone that are used as building materials. These mixtures are usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc. to make concrete.
- 5. Fine, dry pieces of a solid that are made by grinding, crushing, or breaking it up.
- 7. Glass filaments woven into fabrics, used as an insulator for heat and sound, or mixed into resins to make boat hulls, fishing poles, etc.
- 8. A loose, granular material that is usually a pale yellowish brown color.
- 9. small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.
- 10. An artificial material that looks like stone; it is made by mixing cement with sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, and then adding water and letting it harden.
- 11. A hard, crystalline metamorphic form of limestone that is usually white with spots or streaks of other colors.
Down
- 1. A silver-white metallic element that is rarely found in its pure form; its crude or impure forms with carbon are often used to make tools and machinery.
- 2. A flat or curved component, typically rectangular, that forms or is set into the surface of a door, wall, or ceiling.
- 4. An element which has two main forms (diamond and graphite) and which also occurs in impure form in charcoal, soot, and coal.
- 5. A soft mixture of sand, cement, and sometimes lime with water that can be spread on walls, ceilings, or other structures to make a smooth, hard surface when it dries.
- 6. A chemical element that is a light silvery-grey metal.
- 8. Any of numerous artificially manufactured modified forms of iron with a carbon content less than pig iron and more than wrought iron, with hardness, elasticity, and strength varied according to composition and heat treatment.