Across
- 1. the foretelling or prediction of what is to come
- 4. a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body
- 5. anything that goads, impels, or urges, as to action, speed, or achievement
- 7. Also called China rose. a woody plant, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, of the mallow family, having large, showy flowers
- 10. the emission of visible light by a body, caused by its high temperature. Compare luminescence
- 16. the act of disparaging
- 17. the product obtained from the condensation of vapors in distillation
- 18. that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide
- 19. any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rhizophora, the species of which are mostly low trees growing in marshes or tidal shores, noted for their interlacing above-ground adventitious roots
- 20. a crack forming an opening; cleft; rift; fissure
- 21. a person named after another
- 22. a space or opening made by cleavage; a split
- 23. the system of nerves and nerve centers in an animal or human, including the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia
- 29. something that remains after a part is removed, disposed of, or used; remainder; rest; remnant
- 30. a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object
- 32. the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky
- 33. any chronically corrupting or disrupting condition, element, etc.
- 34. Also called flag. a flat stone slab used especially for paving.
- 38. the act of moving along or proceeding in orderly succession or in a formal and ceremonious manner, as a line of people, animals, vehicles, etc.
- 40. nobility or elevation of character; worthiness
Down
- 1. to keep alive or in existence; make lasting
- 2. the act of confirming
- 3. an instance, outbreak, or period of such fear
- 6. the act or process of communicating; fact of being communicate
- 8. the sill of a doorway
- 9. any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water
- 11. the act of detaching
- 12. a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, supposition, etc.
- 13. a light, gas-operated semiautomatic rifle
- 14. the act or utterance of one who warns or the existence, appearance, sound, etc., of a thing that warns
- 15. the act or an instance of understating, or representing in a weak or restrained way that is not borne out by the facts
- 16. the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or settling a purpose
- 17. a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all
- 24. the contemplation or consideration of some subject
- 25. outward aspect or appearance
- 26. any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting
- 27. exhilarated condition or feeling.
- 28. adverse fortune; bad luck
- 31. a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack
- 35. a chronic, mildly infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affecting the peripheral nervous system, skin, and nasal mucosa and variously characterized by ulcerations, tubercular nodules, and loss of sensation that sometimes leads to traumatic amputation of the anesthetized part
- 36. the act or function of guiding; leadership; direction
- 37. an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.
- 38. bewildered; puzzled
- 39. distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune