Across
- 2. conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness.
- 4. the act of creating something for the first time
- 7. an abundance of valuable possessions or money.
- 8. the way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially toward others.
- 10. an animal that naturally preys on others.
- 12. a fence or other obstacle that prevents movement or access.
- 14. an amount of something that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable.
- 17. something that is borrowed, often a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest.
- 18. a way of carrying out a particular task, especially the execution or performance of an artistic work or a scientific procedure.
- 20. a repeated decorative design.
- 21. an animal's natural coloring or form that enables it to blend in with its surroundings.
- 22. harmed, damaged, or impaired.
Down
- 1. a tubular structure carrying blood through the tissues and organs; a vein, artery, or capillary.
- 3. the process of infecting or the state of being infected.
- 5. to grant someone the use of something on the understanding that it shall be returned.
- 6. a sum of money placed or kept in a bank account, usually to earn interest.
- 8. to take and use something from a person or bank under an agreement to pay it back later.
- 9. the characteristics determining who or what a person or thing is
- 11. to keep safe from harm or injury.
- 13. a small opening in a surface, especially the skin or integument of an organism, through which gases, liquids, or microscopic particles can pass.
- 15. a concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection
- 16. the action of buying and selling goods and services.
- 19. associated with the place or circumstances of someone or something’s origin.