Across
- 3. a range of mountains with sharply pointed peaks
- 5. a type of brick made of a mixture of mud and straw that is dried by the sun
- 8. a small flying insect that bites the skin of people and animals and sucks their blood
- 10. a large flat area of land with grass and very few trees especially in Africa and South America
- 12. a type of makeup used for darkening and thickening eyelashes
- 13. a place (such as a restaurant or a room in a school) where people get food at a counter and carry it to a table for eating
- 16. a spice that is made from the berries of a tree and that is often used in baking
- 17. a wolflike wild dog native to North America
- 18. a type of plant that is grown mostly as food for farm animals
- 20. a deep purplish-blue color
Down
- 1. a violent and destructive storm in which powerful winds move around a central point
- 2. a wild horse of western North America
- 4. a hill that has a flat top and steep sides and that is found in the southwestern U.S.
- 6. a large, brown, wild cat with black spots that lives in Central and South America
- 7. to roast or broil on a rack or revolving spit over or before a source of heat (as hot coals)
- 9. an occurrence in which a large group of frightened or excited animals or people run together in a wild and uncontrolled way to escape from something, get out of a place, etc.
- 11. a large group of ships, boats, etc.
- 14. a fruit with rough dark green or purple skin, smooth light green flesh, and a large seed in the middle
- 15. a group of Native American homes that have flat roofs and that were used in the past in the southwestern U.S
- 19. a long light rope (as of hemp or leather) used with a running noose to catch livestock or with or without the noose to tether grazing animals
